Airport City, Part II: Concept can't happen without improved transit, ‘an economic imperative’

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A commuter route from Detroit to Ann Arbor, with possible links to the Detroit Metropolitan and Willow Run airports is starting to look like a real possibility. The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments will complete a feasibility study by June and Congress has designated $100 million to design, engineer, and perhaps start construction on, the commuter route.

Wayne County development director Mulu Birru envisions an “Airport City,” a redevelopment plan for western Wayne County, but the plan won’t work, he says, “without very good public transit.”
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