Quote Originally Posted by ghettopalmetto View Post
You can't compare Detroit to *any* large city.

Until the Legislature either amends the state constitution to allow more than 10% of state transportation funds to be applied to non-road uses, or allows localities to levy their own transit taxes [[beyond property tax with local opt-out), then SMART will be dysfunctional. It's almost as if the entire system was designed to fail....

So, is it possible to imagine a transit scheme that is designed to fail through attrition and/or lack of planning?

Is there a long-lived plot to not provide mass transit services to the people?

I know this has been debated many times, but there is a sense that this may be the case. The usual argument that a lack of foresight and bad planning was responsible for this mess doesnt cover all the bases, I think.