Detroit Department of Transportation 1400-1430

Detroit Department of Transportation 1400-1430 are New Flyer Industries XD40 buses that were built in Crookston, Minnesota; beginning in late 2014 and delivered beginning in December 2014. These are the first XD40 buses produced for a Michigan agency. These result from $13 million in Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) funds being awarded to DDOT. They are the second DDOT buses to feature the fleet numbers 1400-1430, which were previously used by 1978 GMC RTS-03 (TH-8203) buses.

In February 2014, Dan Dirks took over as DDOT's director after the previous director had been fired by newly-inaugurated Mayor Mike Duggan after Duggan took a trip on Woodward Avenue one Monday in early January 2014 and noticed a large crowd waiting for a 53 Woodward bus that was two hours late as a significant number of buses were not available for service.

Duggan soon announced that new buses had to be ordered as a solution to the lateness problems. At first, there were intentions for an order of 50 Nova Bus LFS HEV vehicles, including about 20 articulated buses, as a piggyback off of a pending Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority order, though it was cancelled after it was realized that Nova could not complete SEPTA's order as originally scheduled even though the vehicles for SEPTA had already been delivered starting in July 2014, and DDOT placed an order for 80 Xcelsiors instead to receive new buses quicker.

This series of buses introduced the first major change to DDOT's exterior livery since 1989.

All buses in this series were in service by May 2015.

Engine	Transmission	Seating	Destination sign
Cummins ISL9	Allison B500R	40 4ONE Aries 4MA	Luminator Horizon

Details

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Build Date	VIN	License Plate	Terminal	Status/Disposal	Notes
1400 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV1XEC045998		Shoemaker	Active	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1401 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV11EC045999	093X685	Shoemaker	Active	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015. Previously wrapped as dedicated RefleX bus. With RefleX wrap Rear photo with RefleX wrap Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery
1402 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV12EC046000	093X686	Shoemaker	Active	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015. Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery
1403 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV14EC046001	093X687	Shoemaker	Active	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1404 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV16EC046002	093X688	Shoemaker	Active	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1405 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV18EC046003	093X689	Shoemaker	Active	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1406 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV1XEC046004	093X690	Shoemaker	Active	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015. Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery in late 2018.
1407 (2nd)		12/2014	5FYD8FV11EC046005	093X691	Shoemaker	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery
1408 (2nd)		12/2014	5FYD8FV13EC046006	093X692	Shoemaker	Active	Previously wrapped as dedicated RefleX bus. With RefleX wrap
1409 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV15EC046007	093X693	Shoemaker	Active
1410 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV17EC046008	093X694	Shoemaker	Active	Collided head-on with SUV at Gratiot and Jane on December 29, 2016 while operating 34 (now 6) Gratiot. Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery
1411		2014	5FYD8FV19EC046009	093X695	Shoemaker	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery Before repaint
1412		2014	5FYD8FV15EC046010	093X696	Shoemaker	Active
1413		2014	5FYD8FV17EC046011	093X697	Shoemaker	Active	Entered service February 13, 2015. Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery Before repaint Rear photo
1414		2014	5FYD8FV19EC046012	093X698	Shoemaker	Active
1415		2014	5FYD8FV10EC046013	093X699	Shoemaker	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery
1416		2014	5FYD8FV12EC046014	093X700	Gilbert	Active
1417		2014	5FYD8FV14EC046015	093X701	Gilbert	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery in late 2018.
1418		1/2015	5FYD8FV16EC046016	093X702	Gilbert	Active	XD40 emblem on passenger side has faded off.
1419		2015	5FYD8FV18EC046017	093X703	Gilbert	Active
1420		2015	5FYD8FV1XEC046018	093X704	Gilbert	Active
1421		2015	5FYD8FV11EC046019	093X705	Gilbert	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery in late 2018.
1422		1/2015	5FYD8FV18EC046020	093X706	Gilbert	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery
1423		2015	5FYD8FV1XEC046021	093X707	Gilbert	Active
1424		2015	5FYD8FV11EC046022	093X708	Gilbert	Active
1425		2015	5FYD8FV13EC046023	093X709	Gilbert	Active	Featured in a segment about DDOT improvements on the Detroit Channel 10 program Hello Detroit. Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery
1426		2015	5FYD8FV15EC046024	093X710	Gilbert	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery Before repaint
1427		2015	5FYD8FV17EC046025	093X711	Gilbert	Active
1428		2015	5FYD8FV19EC046026		Gilbert	Active
1429		2015	5FYD8FV10EC046027		Gilbert	Active	Repainted into the rays/"Doublemint Gum" livery in October 2018.
1430		2015	5FYD8FV12EC046028		Gilbert	Active

References

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Vehicles
Current Low Floor	1001-1050, 1201-1242, 1400-1430, 1500-1508, 1519-1538, 1700-1728, 1800-1829, 1900-1924, 2000-2025, 2200-2239, 2300-2309
Current LF Hybrid	1243-1246, 1509-1518
Current LF Articulated	1539-1548, 1960-1964
Current LF Electric	2100e-2103e
Former	001-002, 1001-1148, 1201-1251, 1300-1369, 1370-1410, 1501-1605, 1701-1717, 1801-1874, 1900-1999, 2000-2084, 2521-2534, 3000-3120, 3001, 3002-3006, 3200-3232, 3250-3282, 3290-3299, 3300-3328, 3500-3599, 3600-3617, 3700-3799, 3800-3859, 3900-3959, 3975-3989, 4000-4024, 4100-4220, 8900-8913
Routes
ConnectTen Routes	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Key Routes	16, 17, 19, 27, 30, 31, 32, 38, 60
Neighborhood Routes	11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26, 29, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 52, 54, 67, 68
Part-Time Routes	46, 80, 89, 92, 95, 96
Former Local Routes	1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (1974-1988), 5 (1996-2002), 6, 8, 20, 24, 26 (1974-88), 26 (1997-98), 28, 33 (1974-1988), 33 (1997-2005), 35 (1999-2005), 35 (1974-88), 36, 42, 44, 51, 52, 66, 99
Former Express Routes	70 (1974-88), 71 (1974-88)/70 (1988-2005, 2008-09), 72, 73, 74 (1974-88)/71 (2008-09), 75 (1974-88)/74 (2008-09), 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 (1974-88)/73 (2008-09), 94, 97, 99, 498
1994-95 Suburban Routes	125, 130, 150, 495
Facilities
Transit Centers	Downtown Detroit, Fairlane Town Center Hub, Eastland Center Transit Center, Rosa Parks Transit Center, State Fairgrounds Transit Center
Loops	Brennan Loop, Pierson Loop, Wayburn Loop, Wyoming Loop
Terminals	Coolidge Terminal (inactive), Gilbert Terminal, Shoemaker Terminal
Bus Stops	1-999, 1000-1999, 2000-2999, 31000-3999, 4000-4999, 5000-5999, 6000-6999, 7000-7999, 8000-8999, 9000-9999, 10000-10999
Timelines
History	1974-1983, 1984-1993, 1994-2003, 2004-2013, 2014-present
Detroit Area Transit Agencies Chatham-Kent Leamington Tecumseh