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	Notes
1400 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV1XEC045998		Shoemaker	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1401 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV11EC045999	093X685	Shoemaker	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015. Wrapped as dedicated RefleX bus. Rear photo Before it received wrap
1402 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV12EC046000	093X686	Shoemaker	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1403 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV14EC046001		Shoemaker	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1404 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV16EC046002		Shoemaker	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1405 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV18EC046003	093X689	Shoemaker	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1406 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV1XEC046004		Shoemaker	Delivered December 2014. Entered service January 8, 2015.
1407 (2nd)		12/2014	5FYD8FV11EC046005		Shoemaker
1408 (2nd)		12/2014	5FYD8FV13EC046006	093X692	Shoemaker	Wrapped as dedicated RefleX bus. Before it received wrap
1409 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV15EC046007		Shoemaker
1410 (2nd)		2014	5FYD8FV17EC046008		Shoemaker	Currently out of service following head-on crash with SUV at Gratiot and Jane on December 29, 2016 while operating 34 Gratiot.
1411		2014	5FYD8FV19EC046009		Shoemaker
1412	File:Detroit Department of Transportation 1412-b.jpg	2014	5FYD8FV15EC046010	093X696	Shoemaker
1413		2014	5FYD8FV17EC046011		Shoemaker	Entered service February 13, 2015.
1414		2014	5FYD8FV19EC046012		Shoemaker
1415		2014	5FYD8FV10EC046013		Shoemaker
1416		2014	5FYD8FV12EC046014		Gilbert
1417		2014	5FYD8FV14EC046015	093X701	Gilbert
1418		2014	5FYD8FV16EC046016		Gilbert
1419		2014	5FYD8FV18EC046017		Gilbert
1420		2014	5FYD8FV1XEC046018		Gilbert
1421		2014	5FYD8FV11EC046019		Gilbert
1422		1/2015	5FYD8FV18EC046020		Gilbert
1423		2014	5FYD8FV1XEC046021		Gilbert
1424		2014	5FYD8FV11EC046022		Gilbert
1425		2014	5FYD8FV13EC046023		Gilbert	Featured in a segment about DDOT improvements on the My Detroit Cable Channel 10 program Hello Detroit.
1426		2014	5FYD8FV15EC046024		Gilbert
1427		2014	5FYD8FV17EC046025		Gilbert
1428		2014	5FYD8FV19EC046026		Gilbert
1429		2014	5FYD8FV10EC046027		Gilbert
1430		2014	5FYD8FV12EC046028		Gilbert

References

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Vehicles
Current Low Floor	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 (1975), 1001-1050 (2010), 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
Primary Routes	16, 17, 19, 27, 30, 31, 32, 38, 60
Neighborhood Routes	11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 23, 29, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 52, 54, 67, 68
Peak Weekday Routes	46
Former Local Routes	1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (1974-1988), 5 (1996-2002), 6, 8, 20, 24, 26 (1974-88), 26 (1997-98), 26 (2019-21), 28, 33 (1974-1988), 33 (1997-2005), 35 (1999-2005), 35 (1974-88), 36, 42, 44, 51, 52, 66, 80, 89, 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), 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 498
1994-95 Suburban Routes	125, 130, 150, 495
Facilities
Transit Centers	Downtown Detroit, Fairlane Town Center Hub, Rosa Parks Transit Center, Jason Hargrove Transit Center
Loops	Brennan Loop, Pierson 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 Tecumseh