Riding DDOT bus service during the coronavirus pandemic

The mask box is empty on the 17 bus because the driver keeps them and hands them out when necessary to prevent them from being stolen in Detroit on May 18, 2020. The driver had witnessed people grabbing a handful of masks. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

Andrew Love drives the 17 bus on Eight Mile Road in Detroit on May 18, 2020. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

Bus driver Andrew Love hands a mask to a man who just got on the bus without one in Detroit on May 18, 2020.

Andre Morris, 17, of Harper Woods rides on bus 17 in Detroit on May 18, 2020. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

Raymoan Autrey, 48, of Detroit takes the mask given to him by the bus driver before he enters the 17 bus in Detroit on May 18, 2020. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

Raymoan Autrey, 48, of Detroit puts on the mask given to him by the bus driver before he got on the 17 bus in Detroit on May 18, 2020. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

A plastic chain blocks the seating in the front portion of bus 17 to keep space between the driver and riders in Detroit on May 18, 2020. Riders use the rear door to enter and exit the bus. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

An employee who did not want to be identified disinfects the 17 bus during the stop at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit on May 18, 2020. This is the halfway point of the eastbound loop from the State Fair Transit Center and sits here for approximately 30 minutes. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

Anthony Smith, 59, of Detroit rides the 17 bus in Detroit on May 18, 2020. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

William McLoven, 35, of Detroit talks about riding the DDOT bus in Detroit on May 18, 2020. McLoven, who says he is homeless and squats in an empty home, made his mask from a bedsheet and says he makes one every few days. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.

Driver Andrew Love checks out the exterior of his bus while stopped at the bus stop near Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit on May 18, 2020. This is the halfway point of the eastbound loop from the State Fair Transit Center and sits here for approximately 30 minutes. To protect the health and safety of our customers and employees, DDOT is temporarily suspending fare collection for all trips and requesting that customers limit non-essential bus travel until further notice.