Update: The Provost’s Office has agreed to fund this service through the 2015-16 academic year. Read more here.

After a careful overall analysis of the current system, the MDetroit Center Connector will cease operations following its final run June 21.

The Connector was started as a pilot program Oct. 5, 2013, by the U-M Detroit Center in partnership with the Semester in Detroit program.

Primarily funded by a Transforming Learning for the Third Century grant, the Connector was established as a transit service between the Ann Arbor campus and Detroit for U-M students, faculty and staff to support curricular, research, engaged learning and community service opportunities.

Since its inception nearly two years ago, the Connector has connected more than 2,000 individuals and 60 university programs and student groups between Ann Arbor and Detroit.

Through data analysis and feedback from riders and an advisory committee, the Connector continuously strived to enrich the relationships between Ann Arbor and Detroit while providing riders with the best transit experience possible. Grant funding has now expired and ridership did not support the operational funding required to continue the service.