Exhibits of 1969-70 Transportation Data, Memo on Public School Buses, and Student Transit Information

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April 13, 1972

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  • Case Files, Milliken Hardbacks. Exhibits of 1969-70 Transportation Data, Memo on Public School Buses, and Student Transit Information, 1972. b5cf6a00-53e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cf2b64b5-f109-4444-bbb4-4b592593cac8/exhibits-of-1969-70-transportation-data-memo-on-public-school-buses-and-student-transit-information. Accessed June 09, 2025.

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/-Bloomfield H il ls  
^Clnrengeville  
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Oxford Area

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M-Jest Bloomfield 

Brandon 
Clarkston 

^Farmington 
Holly ■
Huron Valley  
Lake Orion 
South Lyon 
Rochester

‘.Wal led Lake .
Waterford 

j-Melvindale- 
N. Allen Park 

' /Livonia 
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■ . ' Union

1 Fo'.'h Red ford 
f'i'lat Rock 
/Fairlane

Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties and State o f Michigan

Total Per State Bus

Buses Cost Capita Passengers Aid Capacity

9’ $ 66,853 $156.56 42.7 $ 12,737 594

18 130,618 60.75 2,150 69,573 1,188

14 77,137 78.55 982 46,432 924

9 69,867 82.97 842 16,307 594

19 108,004 55.72 1,938 67,648 1,254

15 84,578 68.87 1,228 27,909 990

41 401,497 98.55 4,074 130,546 2,706

12 56,259 49.96 1,126 37,679 792

12 78,864 62.04 1,271 43,592 792

25 141,945 58.97 2,407. 91,546 1,650

. 88 600,465 76.36 7,863 289,112 5,808

57 528,558 107.19 4,931 161,715 3,762

-— 493,213 103.89 4,747 178,462 4,884

25 124,894 80.22 1,557 58,246 1.650

57 388,946 50.75 7,664 181,674 3,762

15 83,254 47.14 1,766 42,713 990

46 339,252 58.43 5,806 152,236 3,03(.

12 65,667 53.56 1,226 24,054 . 792

■ 11 52,160 48.21 1,082 ' 29,151 726

18 133,158 78.01 1,707 74,494 1,188

~-----30— 170,651 52.26 3,265 97,226 1.980

18 156,505 86.13 1,817 58,754 1,188

12 60,078 42.37 1,418 38,538 792

31 195,480 46.59 4,195 115,870 2,046

55 307,55; 45.49 6,761 193,637 3,630

26 153,629 64.01 2,400 99,119 1,716

38 273,145 56.19 4,861 142,410 2,508

42 202,281 51.37 3,938 122,042 2.772
20 116,491 52.85 2,204 67,015 1,320

40 226,905 44.01 5,156 150,048 2,640

11 86,981 83.63 1,040 28,297 726

50 304,105 39.55 7,690 190,374 3,300

52 287,612 42.40 6,784 163,258 3,432

5 20,261 •-20.76 976 14,125 330

80 571,692 65.72 8,699 247,608 5,280

31 197,790 52.12 3,795 104,606 2,046

19 142,928 79.67 1,794 37,669 1,254

40 242,527 83.95 2,889 102,989 2,640

20 77,199 36.80 2,098 42,106 1,320

5 26,357 79.15 333 11,229 330

8 47,005 45.64 1,030 20,150 528

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1.41
1.55 
1.24
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1.42
1.6 
1.46 
1.35 
1.31

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2.03
1.78 
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1.55 
1.49 
1.44
1.65 
1.53
1.79 
2.05 
1.86 
1.40
1.94
1.42 
1.67 
1.92
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2.33 
1.97

2.95
1.65
1.55
1.43 
1.09 
1.59 
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D istr ic t , Buses
Total
Cost

Per
Capita Passengers

State
Aid

Bus
Capacity

Bus
Use

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14 
18 • 
20
15 
11 
52 
54

124,514 ' 
97,564 

123,227 
95,156 
41,049 

315,993 
312,178

' 103.08 
5'6.76 
54.89 
60.46' 
44.76 
57.03 
48.21

1,208
1,719
2,245
1,574

917
5,541
6,476

39,155
50,300
69,437
48,999
24,850

176,344
151,700

924
1,188
1,320

990
726

3,432
3,564

1.31
1.45
1.70
1.59
1.26
1.61
1.82

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State Totals [8,771 ) 38,273,109 56.27 791,259 28,267,927 578,886 1.37



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DAILY USE OF D.S.R. COACHES AND BUSES OWNED BY DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

Freeman Flynn

Georga Roumell 

April 13, 1972 .

^ • i l y  use o f  D.S.R. coaches
(Standard 50 passenger)

Special Ed 

Magnet Middle 

Normal

81
kk

57

Total 182
Information received from 
Norman Watson

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Coaches owned by D.P.S.
p

1^ Great C it ie s  buses 

1 Board o f  Ed

Grades K-6 
5^ capacity

Grades 7-12 
36 ( adult)

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Information received from 
Ed Kenney

Form 556 (D e t r o i t  Bd. o f  Ed. )



INFORMATION CONCERNING STUDENT TRANSPORTATION IN THE DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
Source: Mr. Norman Watson, Student Transportation Office
SPECIAL EDUCATION (Home to School) 2,216
MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOLS 2,200
"NORMAL" SPECIAL EDUCATION (No reimbursement) 560
NORMAL - AREA (Hazardous streets - special areas) 400
NORMAL - SCHOOL (Overcrowding per se) 1/400
' TOTAL AS OF APRIL 12, 1972 6,776 students

Source: Mr. Robert Jobe, Accounting Department
NORMAL STUDENTS 9,139 Students issued tickets
HANDICAPPED . 3,190 Students issued tickets

TOTAL FOR 1970-71 12,329 Students issued tickets
by bus

Source: Mr. Robert Jobe, Accounting Department
AS OF APRIL, 1972: 33,762 Student Identification Cards Have Been Sold

@ $ 1.00
18,150 Student Identification Cards Have Been

Issued Without Charge to Indigent Students

TOTAL 51,912

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