Quote Originally Posted by mwilbert View Post
I like light rail as much [[or more) than the next guy, but it would have been ridiculous to run DTOGS out to Pontiac. From a transit perspective, the space between Birmingham and Pontiac might as well be the Sahara, and the trip time would have been absurd.
Yeah... For some perspective, if it had really been built out to Pontiac then it would easily be the longest street car line in the world. Apparently, the longest street car line in America is one in Toronto that goes for 15 miles.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03...north-america/