Quote Originally Posted by casscorridor View Post
This is precisely the wrong sort of thinking, with disastrous consequences. Now, I understand your intention... that the new regional "system" will be equal to that of SMART and DDOT. But it is going about it in the wrong way. Because Michigan is so backwards, and refuse to look at what other regions have done, our leaders think it is a good thing to choke SMART to death and cut DDOT. But in other cities, existing transit services are simply overseen by the new authority [[they might change names, coloring, etc to make a unified service), they don't eliminate the services and start from scratch! WTF?
I completely agree with you. I was way too concise with how I stated my opinion. We need a regional authority to take over the assets and routes of DDOT and SMART. Detroit should be compensated for the assets they currently own.