December 2022. 2022 saw a renewed push for a countywide expansion of SMART in Oakland County, ahead of the scheduled millage renewal that August. The Oakland County Board of Commissioners proposed replacing the existing SMART millage with a new ten-year .95 millage, which would be levied on all homes in the county, not just in existing member communities. Approved by voters in November 2022, the millage will abolish the opt-out system in Oakland County, allowing for the expansion of SMART services to the far reaches of Metro Detroit. SMART unveiled a new logo and branding in August 2022, coinciding with a new advertising campaign. The following month, SMART introduced their first electric bus, one of four Proterra ZX5 units purchased by the agency with a Federal Transit Administration grant. Opt-out system SMART is notable among US transit systems for the ability of individual communities in Wayne and Oakland counties to "opt out" of the system. Opted-out communities are not subject to the taxes levied by the SMART millage, but as a result do not receive SMART's services. Some of these communities are members of smaller transit agencies providing paratransit services for seniors and disabled residents, but lack scheduled bus service. 34 communities in Oakland County and 17 in Wayne County currently opt out of SMART service, of which all but one opted out with the first millage in 1995. Four communities opted out in 1995 but later rejoined: West Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Township (both 1996), Walled Lake (2006), and Lathrup Village (2014). Walled Lake is unique as a member community surrounded by opt-out communities, and as such is not served by SMART fixed-route bus service, only by Connector and Community Transit paratransit services. The opt-out system will be abolished in Oakland County in 2023, following the passage of a new countywide millage there. Communities in Macomb County are not able to opt out of SMART, as the millage has been levied countywide there since 1995. Detroit is not a member of SMART, as its own DDOT provides fixed-route bus service to the city, though it is served by SMART's FAST limited-stop routes, as well as other routes during peak hours. Millage Since 1995, SMART has been funded in large part by a millage, which has been renewed by voters in member communities every four years, appearing on the August primary ballot in midterm election years through 2018. The millage