Rapid Bus Project for Pontiac --> Downtown Detroit Proposed

[emu steve]

This sounds like what folks have been discussing/proposing as part of a regional transportation solution.

The most obvious question has to do how it would interface with M-1 rail? [[see my comment below)

And later, maybe many years, lines which go to the western and eastern suburbs?

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...dward-advances

EDIT: Of course, I could read the entire article and have my answer:

"Palombo said the off-Woodward loops are intended to boost ridership. For example, more Detroit riders could catch the rapid buses at Wayne State University on the trip south down Cass and up on John R. “I keep telling people the more riders and the faster it goes, the higher chance for federal funding,” he said.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz33NtshqMi

So Detroit would have bus/rail lines which like a pitch fork, would traverse Cass [[bus), Woodward [[light rail) and John R [[bus).

So M-1 rail could be seen as an 'embedded link' within this project which essentially shuttles riders along streets near Woodward, but not duplicative of M-1 rail.

The two systems would seem 'complimentary' to me.