Another point about the whole 24 minute a day thing. That would be under the assumption that there would be no freeway the entire length between Detroit and Pontiac or Detroit and Mount Clemens. I was suggestion no freeway east of 275 and south of 696. So once you hit 696, those new surface arterials would transition back into 75 and 94. Under that circumstance, the added time to the commute would be roughly 8 minutes each way or 16 minutes per day.

Is that REALLY going to break the back of someone who's driving all the way downtown from Pontiac or Mount Clemens every day?