1.  SMART bus route network serves the entire Detroit Metropolitan region.
 

2.  DOT, in green, serves the City of Detroit; SMART routes are superimposed.
 

3.  Bus stops on both DOT and SMART are shown as red dots; the data base contains latitude and longitude of stops as well as infomation about them, such as whether or not there is a shelter.
 

4.  Stops only are shown below.  When stops are closely spaced, the dots appear to form a line.

5.  Stops are buffered below with circles 1/4 mile in radius (distance a person might easily walk to a bus stop).  Intersecting arcs of circles were removed.
 

6.  The bus stop buffer, only, is shown below.  It will be used as a cookie cutter on other maps.

7.  Land use maps from 1995 are available for the tri-county metro area (SEMCOG):  Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
 

8.  The bus stop buffer is superimposed on the set of three land use maps.
 

9.  The bus stop buffer is used as a cookie cutter to cut out land use along bus routes--regional view, below.
 

10.  Close-up view shows detail of land use along bus stops.  Thus, one can find commercial area along bus routes as well as residential or industrial areas.
 

Next steps:

• Link aerials with selected commercial or other land use types.
• Build base line inventory of Detroit.