Public Rides Data

Michigan · frequency scorecard · sampled 2026-08-19

Detroit transit, by the numbers

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Frequent service reaches 7% of stops, and the typical midday wait is about 48 minutes. The weak spot is weekends, which give back 19% of weekday service. Service runs nearly around the clock.

Frequent service
7%
of 10,408 stops ≤15 min
Median headway
48 min
typical midday wait
Service span
25 hrs
first to last departure
Weekend change
-19%
Saturday vs weekday midday
Every stop, by frequency
Very frequent (≤7 min) 33
Frequent (8–15 min) 666
Moderate (16–30 min) 2,777
Infrequent (31–60 min) 5,915
Sparse (>60 min) 1,017
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DDOT + SMART + Detroit People Mover GTFS ddot S1000181 · smart S1000142 · people-mover (unversioned) · sampled 2026-08-19 weekday midday · generated 2026-08-16 · methodology