M1 Rail contract awarded

**Hermod** · July-31-13, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

One way it will be more reliable will be that it will use GPS to time lights so that waits at reds will be minimized, but you can also do that with BRT. It will also be privately operated, which may make it more reliable, but that is not a guarantee.

You can give an ordinary bus driver a "magic gadget" to change the lights in his favor as well. I wonder how long before those thingies would get out on the black market so lots of drivers would have them as well.

**DetroitPlanner** · July-31-13, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by Hermod

You can give an ordinary bus driver a "magic gadget" to change the lights in his favor as well. I wonder how long before those thingies would get out on the black market so lots of drivers would have them as well.

I agree, but I think you are paranoid about the average driver getting one. You will need the scale of a larger vehicle to make it worthwhile. I am in favor of giving this to first responders as well due to the proximity of Woodward to hospitals.

**Hermod** · July-31-13, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

I agree, but I think you are paranoid about the average driver getting one. You will need the scale of a larger vehicle to make it worthwhile. I am in favor of giving this to first responders as well due to the proximity of Woodward to hospitals.

It has about the same complexity as a garage door opener. It is just a matter of some entrprenur hacking into the underlying codes and developing a device to mimic those codes.