Coolidge Terminal Rehabilitation Project | City of Detroit

 Obtain the newest information and updates concerning the Coolidge Terminal Rehabilitation Venture.

The Detroit Division of Transportation’s (DDOT), Coolidge Terminal, and Upkeep Facility operated transit service from 1928 till December 2011, when a fireplace destroyed a part of the ability that halted operations. Plans to reconstruct the terminal had been positioned on maintain as Detroit confronted the most important municipal chapter in historical past. 

Since then, the Metropolis of Detroit and DDOT have generated funding to reconstruct the Coolidge Terminal and exchange it with a state-of-the-art facility. In partnership with DDOT, the Detroit Constructing Authority, contracted with DLZ, an structure and engineering agency, in August 2019 and anticipates the ability to be accomplished in 2023. 

The brand new Coolidge Terminal will develop operations as continued efforts to enhance DDOT service. Facility enhancements embrace, however usually are not restricted to: 

• Capability for 250 buses, permitting for an elevated fleet dimension;
• Capability for 60-foot articulated buses; and 
• Incorporating charging infrastructure for battery electrical buses.

Moreover, this new facility will exchange the Gilbert Terminal, which has been in operation since 1948.