Quote Originally Posted by That Great Guy View Post
Detroit residents will likely get a chance to vote next November 2014 to tax car registration fees along with the those in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw Counties.
A couple things. First of all, where is it coming from that a vote is planned for November 2014? It may be possible, just barely, but "likely" is a very strong word. Second, what was given above was not the RTA's plans; the RTA did not exist when Mr. Murphy wrote that article. He was explaining what the state legislation, now laws, will allow the RTA to do. The RTA has not yet made any specific plans at all. All of their meeting minutes - the board itself and its working committees - are available on SEMCOG's website.

Exactly how the RTA will implement its statutory role to coordinate routes between DDOT and SMART remains to be seen. The current situation is unfortunate. Someone remarked about SMART buses only serving Detroit at peak times; that was the result of a budget crisis brought on by the plummeting real estate market of the past few years.