Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
The $30 million is a capital grant. Both the capital and operations side of providing transit are woefully underfunded around here. I am glad they got the money, but it won't due much to improve service.
DP - this is spot on. The grant is to purchase and rehab buses, install security cameras on both systems, and help with some other capital needs [[depending on how the awarded funds are doled out)... which will improve safety and reliability [[and may have some small positive effect on operating costs of the buses), but will not provide any additional funds to hire more drivers, etc to increase the amount of service being provided.