SMART plans to create an express shuttle from downtown Detroit to DTW airport

[Wesley Mouch]

Why did Greyhound discontinue its airport service? Were any bus companies allowed to offer bids? Did Greyhound get taxpayer money for it airport service?

Shuttle busses and light rails [[dreaming) are a great way to avoid the parking, congestion and drop off problems at airports. If reservations are required, I suggest that a route beginning in the far north suburbs and another beginning somewhere in the far eastern suburbs be staggered to pick up passengers in downtown Detroit. This would increase the frequency of busses leaving downtown Detroit and be a convenience for some far flung suburbanites.

I can't think of a major city that DOESN'T have some kind of dedicated train/tram/trolley/bus for the airport to downtown. Vienna has their CAT [[City Airport Transport, yes in English) that runs on the same lines as their other transit, but has no stops [[or maybe just one or two if memory fails). Regular train takes a few minutes more, and costs perhaps 3E vs. something like 20E for the express. And it does well.

If you want downtown to succeed, at least a dedicated bus is essential for business travellers. Just Airport to downtown. And if that works, you can build on it by adding other routes/stops that make sense. But you gotta make this work first. Not water it down until its just a bus. [[It should be a nice bus w/ branding at least)

[slick]

[QUOTE=Wesley Mouch;630084]I can't think of a major city that DOESN'T have some kind of dedicated train/tram/trolley/bus for the airport to downtown.

The people mover and q line money should have been spent on hi speed to DTW. The Michigan flyer bus goes from Lansing to Ann Arbor to DTW. Very heavily used.