Adopt A Stop

We want to design and beautify our adopted stop so that it has ample and ergonomic seating (that is also accessible to individuals with disabilities), information about bus arrival times, covered shelter that protects against the elements, that is safe and lit at night. Many of the stops within our city have nothing but a sign. By us adopting a stop, we hope to bring more awareness to the under-served areas of the city that lack basic amenities at bus stops like seating, shelter, information, trash and recycling, and beautified safe environment for bus riders in Detroit.

We will organize our team to begin making calls, social media posts, and other ways of reaching out to prospects in the city.  Then we begin our awareness campaign in the communities by door-knocking, engaging our volunteers, linking with the local block club, purchasing the lot from the Detroit Land Bank or another solution that allows us to alter the stop.  We raise our funding online, phone-banking, and social media. At close of the campaign, we will begin purchasing the items needed for the bus and finding people with construction expertise to begin putting the shelter together. At some point, we will link with the Maxwell, Willard, Van Dyke, Gratiot, Forest Community Block Club, with a non-profit status to help us with the logistics of purchasing or leasing the lot, gaining permitting approval, etc. Then begin the construction.

There is a severe lack of bus stop, shelters in many routes in the City of Detroit. With extreme weather in the summer and winter, Detroiters often have to deal with appalling conditions at bus stops, simply to get around our city. Lack of safety, lighting, seats, and information, is the reality bus riders in Detroit face daily.