Death of Public Transportation

[ABetterDetroit]

If not, then it might not be a good idea to keep doing the same thing and expecting different results.

Like putting a Transit Millage up for a vote over and over again just to see it defeated repeatedly? Decade after decade? The property tax system is broken in Detroit, even the Democratic Mayor is is stating this simple fact. The rates are and have been detrimental to development and population growth.

A dedicated funding source is crucial to any transit improvement. Without it it doesn’t matter what is desired, it is all a pipe dream. Transit is expensive starting from scratch. Uncle sugar will expect a dedicated reliable local funding source before he lays out serious cash for brand new starting from nothing rail.

Ask “Do we need rail?” on this board and for a long time now and all you hear are hundreds of reasons why we do and where the tracks should go. Ask “How do we pay for rail?” then the silence is deafening until someone gets up and starts beating the rotting corpse of a property tax millage increase for the umpteenth time like it hasn’t already failed many times here before.