Originally Posted by
Richard
It went out the window during the previous administration and getting ready to do under the current administration.
All of the anti transit arguments are not specific to Detroit,they have applied to every city that has implemented transit options.
All I am saying is you are wasting time and energy fighting that battle,you need to be using the same time and energy looking at other cities that already overcame those hurdles.
They already fought those battles and implemented systems,so what they did worked.
The Q line was implemented under the Obama administration,it did not need regional support,the city can implement its own plan on its own if it has the support,it does not need regional support.
It makes it easier with regional support,but it can always sow the seeds and the rest will latch on,but you will never get nowhere looking for reasons as to why you cannot do it.
Stop looking at the past and concentrate on the future,new city,new day.
There is nothing standing in the way of a few city residents forming a 501c transit intuitive and receiving fed funds in order to work out the details.
That is the first step,when you get the details you have a plan to sell and something to go off of in order to get the next step.
Sitting around waiting for somebody to drop a bunch of rail cars on the city is not going to happen,it’s like anything else,you have to fight for it.
Pro transit is pro transit everywhere else in the country,they can be reached out to for guidance,it’s not like you are reinventing the wheel,one just needs to quit pissing around talking about it and just do it.
Going at it by using the green angle comes at a heavy price at this time,there is a city in California that touts the largest green public transit system in the world,but they also have over 60,000 homeless in the streets,so it came at a price.
It will not be easy,it never is.