Quote Originally Posted by Tig3rzhark View Post


I believe that the trip would be much more faster between Detroit and Pontiac than it would be on a SMART Express bus. It would save SMART the trouble of having a Woodward express bus.
Light rail lines are nearly as fast as a car when they have their own track,.. fenced off from everything else.

But when they share the road with other traffic.,,... and have lots of stops like buses,.. they can be even slower than the bus, as they can't drive around traffic.

I too hope it's a success,.. unlike Dallas and other places that overestimated ridership by 3-4 times and only end up building a tiny fraction of the proposed routes.