This article from the Washington Post is a cautionary tale for all transit projects. The caution should not be exercised by not building a transit system. But it should be built and planned with necessary maintenance and operations factored in. Obviously, that calls for a generous and ongoing fund for repairs, equipment replacement and technology upgrades. Washington's Metro system has come under withering [[and justified) criticism for letting the system fall into tremendous disrepair while pushing ahead with significant and expensive system expansion. As anyone who visits DC [[or who lives there) is well aware, service disruptions, late trains, broken elevators & escalators are just the tip of the iceberg. Significant safety problems have emerged of course, too. I'm reminded of the old phrase "proper planning prevents problems." Let's plan properly in Detroit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...8dc_story.html