Expanded and improved mass transit remains an important issue in Detroit. We're always going to have an unacceptably lower ceiling to the regional economy if we remain 99% automobile-centric. Keeping the discussion in the public consciousness is also important. To that end, I saw that the WDIV Flashpoint show on Sunday had Michael Griffie and Sheila Cockrel on to discuss the issue. It's great that Mr. Gilbert understands this. One thing that needs to be eliminated from the local discussion however is the word "subway". There are several modes of mass transit and they are very different from each other and of course their costs vary wildly. A subway, that is, a subterranean heavy rail system, is simply a non-starter due to the costs and insufficient ridership density in this region. The use of that term to promote possible mass transit solutions destroys the credibility of the proponent. We have to focus on what is possible and what has worked in other places. We gotta stop talking about subways.