Snyder to propose high-speed bus network to knit Detroit, suburban systems

[j to the jeremy]

The main issue with Detroit is not so much that it has separate networks, it is that both are underfunded and that there is no authority coordinating the two. In order for an authority to exist the State must approve legislation. This has been floated before both Engler and Granholm and never approved. Hopefully Snyder's messages of coordinating services will make this a no brainer, but there are a lot of out-state legislators who may see no value in this for their consituency and try to hook pork onto it and eventually kill it.

Right. Bham, we are the biggest city in the nation without a regional transit authority and regional tax. Look how well it's working out for us!!!!

Also, I should amend what I said earlier. I think Snyder's only doing this because Ray LaHood and Obama want Michigan out of the stone age....