Originally Posted by
nain rouge
You can't compare Detroit to DC [[now that I wrote that, you'll just compare it to Boston). For one, DC is unique in that it's, well, it's own district. Also, it's a densely populated urban city with world class tourist attractions, and it's economy is a bajillion times better than Detroit's. Nearby Arlington County gets attacked for its sprawl, but it has a density of over 8,000 people per square mile and a population of over 200,000. We have nothing like that in Metro Detroit.
As a consequence, DC can afford to coordinate multiple bus systems, and even then, it's questionable how efficient it is.