Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
That is not what the people or the politicos want. Both have been very vocal and when planners presented them several options, they chose the train instead. This was not selected in a vacuum.
Even more importantly from the standpoint of practicality, it isn't what the people providing the private portion of the funding want. They view this as a way of improving the image of greater Downtown and the attractiveness of the Woodward corridor. The actual transportation benefits of the line, running curbside with no dedicated lane, are probably minor, and in any case not central to the reason it is being built. Buses would not accomplish the same thing.