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Woodward Avenue Action Association, WoodWORD Newsletter 10.09
Entrepreneurial Spotlight: Chris Ramos (pdf)

Chris Ramos has taken his business, the Night Move, from one green powered shuttle to two with a demand for a third in less than 12 months. What’s his trick for such tremendous growth? Simple, find unique ways to serve your guests while delivering uncompromising service and collaborate with other businesses when it makes sense.

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Metromode 6.25.09
Night Move bus opens new service in Detroit’s city center (link)

The Night Move is no longer singular. The popular weekend express shuttle between some of Metro Detroit’s most vibrant downtowns now has a companion shuttle called The Loop.

The Night Move goes between downtown Royal Oak, Ferndale and Detroit on Fridays and Saturdays. The Loop will focus on moving between hot spots in Detroit’s downtown and Midtown neighborhoods on Friday and Saturday nights.

The Loop will stop at the Town Pump Tavern/Centaur, Bookies Bar and Grill, Greektown, Wayne State, Traffic Jam and Snug and MGM Grand between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. It costs $5 for an all-night pass.

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Metro Times 4.22.09
Best of Detroit: Best Bridge Between the City and Suburbs (link)

The Night Move is an independently owned bus company run by a couple clever twentysomethings, that runs Friday and Saturday nights with stops in downtown Royal Oak, Ferndale and Detroit (Greektown). It runs from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m.; it runs on biodiesel and offsets its carbon footprint by donating proceeds to Carbon Fund; it runs you around for $10 a night.

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Crain’s Detroit Business 2.1.09
Career Transition: Chris Ramos (link)

New career: President, The Night Move, a roughly four-month-old weekend bus service that runs between Royal Oak, Ferndale and Detroit that’s geared toward entertainment-seekers.

Why he decided to change careers: “I wanted to do something on my own. I have always been an entrepreneur and had little businesses here and there, just with the change in times it seemed like the right time to get out and move on. Someone once said starting a business in a recession is like taking a vacation in the off-season, but it’s worked out well.”

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Real Detroit Weekly 11.18.08
Michigan Green Cabs: Ecological and Economical (link)

[Michigan Green Cabs] is also working with other local green groups in an attempt to set up a coalition of businesses that not only benefits the companies involved, but the community as well. For instance, riders of the Night Move, which offers rides from Royal Oak and Ferndale to downtown Detroit, will now receive coupons for discounted rides from the MGC fleet… “Jennifer Harlan from Night Move contacted me right before they started,” states [Ryan] Tobias. “Since we’re both green companies, it works out even better and we have been able to provide a service to their patrons after a night out.”

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Metromode 11.6.09
Building a sustainable transit network (link)

This already cool service has just amped it up a notch by connecting with Michigan Green Cabs and the Detroit People Mover to extend the system’s reach.

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Detroit Free Press 10.12.08
Night Move bus rolls into city scene with green goals (pdf)

The Night Move is no ordinary bus.
Fueled by a biodiesel engine and decked out in starry decals over a metallic-gray body, the bus will streak along Woodward carrying nightlife seekers at all hours of the night every weekend.

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Michigan Radio News 10.11.08
Shuttle Service Starts for Weekend Nightlife (link)

A new shuttle bus service starts this weekend between downtown Detroit and the northern suburbs. Its popularity could serve as a gauge for interest in other mass transit options along the Woodward corridor.

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WDET Detroit Today 10.8.08
The Night Move on Detroit Today (link)

A new shuttle service called the Night Move begins this week. It’s a green service running from R.O./ Ferndale to Detroit on weekends and even nights. We’ll talk more about it with CEO and Founder Chris Ramos and Marketing Director Jennifer Harlan.

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Channel 7 Action News 10.8.08
Uptown downtown shuttle available (link)

A new shuttle bus service aimed at bar hoppers, theatergoers and concert lovers is about to kick off.

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The Detroit News 10.8.08
Uptown-downtown shuttle service starts (pdf)

Night Move LLC is intended to move passengers from hip, happening Royal Oak to funky, fabulous Ferndale and then to delightful downtown Detroit via Woodward Avenue and Interstate 75.

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Metromix 10.8.08
Night Move (link)

Don’t let the price of gas, the hassle of parking or the dangers of drinking and driving impede your weekend adventures. Instead, take a trip on the Night Move, one of metro Detroit’s new shuttle services.

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MotorCityBlog 10.6.08
The Night Move all-night shuttle service from RO to Ferndale to Detroit… (link)

You wanted green? You wanted transportation? You got it!

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Crain’s Detroit Business 10.5.08
Nighttime shuttle to connect Royal Oak, Ferndale, Detroit (link)

Ramos said that launching The Night Move has been a longtime plan, one he hopes will help bridge the social gap between cities and suburbs.

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Metromode 10.1.08
Guest Bloggers Ramos and Harlan (link)

Chris Ramos decided one day to up and buy a bus. He wanted to use it to move people around, to get people from the suburbs into Detroit, and to help build a sense of community in the metro area. Then he got the idea to run the bus on biodiesel; might as well help save the planet, right?

So he quit his job, bought a bus and hired Jennifer Harlan to be his marketing director. And so the The Night Move was born.

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Real Detroit Weekly 9.30.08
Revolutionizing Detroit Transit (link)

The Night Move is a brilliant melding of public transit busing systems with better timing than a taxi and more room than a party bus.

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Model D Media 9.29.08
Cue the Seger (link)

The Night Move is a completely new beast for Metro Detroit: a dedicated shuttle service between its three most-happening downtown districts of Detroit, Royal Oak and Ferndale.

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After 5 Detroit 9.28.08
Let the Night Move Move You (pdf)

It’s 2:30 in the morning, you’ve had one too many cocktails and need to get back to your bed in Ferndale. This is an all too familiar problem with a very new, fun and cheap solution. Detroit now has its very own shuttle service, The Night Move. This service caters to those that would like to venture from home without dealing with the headache of parking and hassle of a DUI.

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Detroit Fashion Pages 9.15.08
The Night Move (link)

In an economy that was built on the personal automobile, public transportation has been historically absent. Chris Ramos, CEO and founder of the Night Move, LLC thinks his new shuttle business is the solution. “We’re providing a necessary service,” Ramos said. “We’re promoting social and environmental responsibility, while creating a convenience where one has been needed for so long.”