Where Detroit public transportation goes from here.

[Hermod]

But if Seoul had a very workable and efficient bus system, why did they build a rail system?

Similarly, if the buses in Ho Chi Minh city work pretty well, why are they planning a rail system?

Because if you have the demand and ridership, a rail system CAN BE more productive. The ills that pervade DDOT will not be solved by putting DDOT on rails. The magic choo choo running three miles up Woodward will not fix the DDOT problems.

[Honky Tonk]

Because if you have the demand and ridership, a rail system CAN BE more productive. The ills that pervade DDOT will not be solved by putting DDOT on rails. The magic choo choo running three miles up Woodward will not fix the DDOT problems.

Nor will it help the guy in Brightmoor trying to get 5 miles down the road to his $9 an hour job.

[Detroitnerd]

Because if you have the demand and ridership, a rail system CAN BE more productive.

First of all, you mean efficient, not productive.

Second of all, Woodward's ridership has always been high enough to merit an upgrade.

The ills that pervade DDOT will not be solved by putting DDOT on rails. The magic choo choo running three miles up Woodward will not fix the DDOT problems.

Oh, I see. Now is time for you to change the subject to the local bureaucracy and make disparaging remarks about "choo-choo trains."

Hermod, you are such a one-trick pony that the kid who got you would return you to the ranch before New Year's Eve.