Quote Originally Posted by Junjie View Post
You have chosen to live someplace that by definition cannot be effectively served by transit. People who choose to live downtown and minimize their driving get taxed for roads to every subdevelopment, but they'll never use them. Same thing for you here, except that the RTA's plan would be a huge benefit to the region, whereas roads to far-flung developments are almost a pure drain.
New roads in places like Milford are almost always paid for through local user fees, usually for homeowners in new subdivisions. It's not really analagous to asking people in Milford to pay for buses in Detroit.

Would there be a way to pass this at a municipality level? Places like Milford probably don't make sense in terms of regional transit. Maybe draw narrower boundaries, and only ask voters within those boundaries? I think, if workable, it's a reasonable compromise.