Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
Funding to operate SMART comes from suburban cities. If Detroit wanted to pay SMART to subsidize this service I am sure they would. It is a matter of cash and operating two systems. Hopefully the RTA will be able to get this going if they can ever find funding to actually operate the RTA.
It is amazing to me how the government could get money to repair crumbling freeways not only in Michigan but across the country. RTA and other mass transit that would prolong the wear and tear of highways always have a hard time getting fund.