Pugh Now "on board" with BRT

**Wheels** · February-25-12, 01:45 PM

The answer is in the term itself MASS Transit. Without capacity ridership no transit system can support itself. There is not enough support for the current system mainly because it is so unreliable. Without a greater demand it will never move forward. It's a definite catch 22.

**Jason** · February-25-12, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Wheels

The answer is in the term itself MASS Transit. Without capacity ridership no transit system can support itself. There is not enough support for the current system mainly because it is so unreliable. Without a greater demand it will never move forward. It's a definite catch 22.

Both Woodward and Gratiot have very strong bus ridership. If Woodward were light rail and had the same ridership [[even though we would figure ridership would increase if it were light rail), it would have one of the highest boardings per mile in the country. The same goes for Gratiot.

No matter how you look at the numbers there's a strong case for improved [[and better than BRT...) transit on those corridors, and the Big Beaver/Hall Road connection is a very natural connection to make after deciding on Woodward and Gratiot.