There's plenty of blame to go around as to why things are the way they are, from both sides of 8 mile.
As a lifetime Detroiter, I have always believed in the city motto "We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes".
This motto should be applied for the entire Metro Detroit area, especially in this current time.
When I ride my bike around metro Detroit, I see in both the city and suburbs empty buildings. When I catch the bus, I use SMART to catch the bus most of the time because DDOT doesn't have bike racks equipped on all of their buses. However, when I want to catch the SMART bus, I can't catch it within the city unless it is after 6pm or when I'm downtown.
Why is it that DDOT, although has stated that they would have bike racks on all of their buses this year, are taking their time, even after federal money was noted to be already allocated?
"The Detroit Department of Transportation is set to receive more than $500,000 in federal money to install bike racks on the fronts of all city buses." [[Detroit News, November 8, 2008)
Why is it that SMART buses will only stop in the city to drop off passengers but not pick up any that are at marked SMART stops within Detroit unless it is downtown or if it is at nighttime?
What's wrong with forming a regional transportation system for metro Detroit?
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