Vote YES for regional transit!

[Johnnny5]

It's just not economically and logistically feasible to provide regular bus service to every single exurban community in the tri-county area.

I understand that, but you have to offer a community something in return when asking for a fairly large increase in their property taxes.

Maybe on a daily basis you wouldn't use the regional transit, but what if you wanted to go to a pro sports event downtown and escape the traffic congestion and excessive parking fees downtown? You could park in downtown Pontiac and take the Rapid Bus downtown!

What if you wanted to go check out downtown Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti for a day without putting 90+ miles on your car - you could take the Woodward Rapid Bus to the New Center, and take the commuter train.

What if you needed to get to the Airport to go on a weeklong trip, and wanted to avoid paying the $13/day parking fees in the Big Blue lot? Take the Woodward Rapid Bus downtown and transfer to the Michigan Avenue Rapid Bus, which would take you to the airport.

I live in Milford. Looking at the RTA masterplan you'll see that there were no planned services whatsoever in this area of the county. None of the above scenarios would apply to Milford residents, but due to the higher home values they would be paying 7-8x more towards the RTA than the average resident of Detroit.