RTA updates its transit plan for Southeast Michigan

[JonWylie]

Those ex-urbanites will so NO, NO, NO. I'm not playing high taxes on the regional bus service that will not come their areas. And many people drive cars out there.

Dude, stop, you don’t know what you’re talking about and no amount or bold or italics will help. If the RTA successfully lobbies Lansing to allow them to cut areas out of the voting area, then this will likely pass. It would probably pass Oakland county without that now anyway, given the results of the last few elections.

[Danny]

Dude, stop, you don’t know what you’re talking about and no amount or bold or italics will help. If the RTA successfully lobbies Lansing to allow them to cut areas out of the voting area, then this will likely pass. It would probably pass Oakland county without that now anyway, given the results of the last few elections.

Not with the ex-urbanites approval. If there is no bus routes in their areas, there is no need for RTA. And those residents will not pay regional taxes for RTA. The RTA vote FAILED in Oakland and Macomb Counties because of high taxation and no RTA busses coming to their towns.

HAH! Even Macomb County almost lost SMART busses by 10 percent of the millage vote. This because of the folks of northern Macomb ex-urbs don't want to pay regional taxes because SMART busses do not run farther to 34 Mile Rd. Other than Gratiot RTE. 567 and Van Dyke RTE. 510. I'm for regional transit, but Detroit and the suburbs is not Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles. It will be many many years until we get improve regional transit. At least Detroit has the Q-LINE to nowheresville, So you all enjoy playing with Dan Gilbert's giant toy trains.

[Bradley]

All of the "cut areas out" and "get cut out" Who gets cut in with this plan?

Even with designated lanes, buses don't work. Rail does. Who wants to go to Cleveland to ride the bus when you can go to Portland or Vancouver to ride the rails where they get the job done. While we're bickering about something that won't work, we should think about what will work. Cheaper in the long haul

[JonWylie]

All of the "cut areas out" and "get cut out" Who gets cut in with this plan?

Even with designated lanes, buses don't work. Rail does. Who wants to go to Cleveland to ride the bus when you can go to Portland or Vancouver to ride the rails where they get the job done. While we're bickering about something that won't work, we should think about what will work. Cheaper in the long haul

"The Michigan Legislature, which created the RTA, would have to approve changes to its taxing power. Webb says that would give the authority the flexibility it needs to create a system that meets each community’s needs. It would also answer a big complaint from RTA foes—that it would tax people who live in areas where transit is not readily available or practical.“Those communities that would reside within [[our) core service area where the service is provide, those are the ones that would be participating in the RTA,” Webb says.
That means communities not participating would not have to pay for it. "

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