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State funded downtown Detroit/Airport/Suburban SMART bus service

State funded downtown Detroit/Airport/Suburban SMART bus service

Closed — 36 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 20 years, 6 months ago
The purpose is to coordinate the city and suburban bus systems in Detroit, MI and allow multiple tax mechanisms to allow bus service where needed most. The public transit systems are the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportion (SMART) as fully described here http://savethefueltax.tripod.com/contents.html using the state tax on fuel in conjunction with the property tax being permanent unless replaced by a majority vote agreed upon with the voters. This will give SMART more operating subsidies and bring people into downtown Detroit. Imagine everyone in the world knowing that they can go to Downtown Detroit on a clean, reliable, safe public bus on well lighted streets connecting the three county seats to the metropolitan airport. The city of Detroit is Michigan\'s primary city thus it is in the best interest\'s of all to keep the downtown a world class one by restoring the historic buildings and attracting many tourists and new businesses.

Updates

July 19, 2006

I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people agree that our city infrastructure deserves this kind of attention. This momentum belongs entirely to you because I never imagined this idea would resonate with so many people across the region.

3 Comments

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Mike Foster
20 years ago Featured

Living in the burbs and working downtown is a nightmare with traffic. If we had a real bus system that actually ran on time people would use it. Its time to stop acting like we are still in the 1950s.

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Marcus Ross
20 years ago Featured

bout time we linked things up properly. stop wasting money on separate systems that dont talk to each other. lets get moving.

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Sarah Lowe
20 years ago Featured

Finally!! Its so hard to get to the airport without paying crazy uber fees. Fix the transit system and the whole city gets better for everyone.