Debating the nuts and bolts of the proposed transit plans

Now this is a transit problem we’re glad to have. The two proposed systems, the publicly funded light rail up Woodward and the privately funded light rail loop downtown, may have differing ideas of station placement.

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Detroit is the largest U.S. city without commuter rail, and such a
system has been a central goal among economic-revitalization proposals
for the city. Woodward is the lynchpin to any city system because of
its proximity to major attractions such as theaters, museums and
stadiums, major businesses, hospitals and Wayne State University.

The
city believes construction on the DTOG project could begin as early as
2011 and would take 24 to 30 months. Critics have called 2011 a wildly
optimistic goal because of the historic red tape involved in such
projects, and they say there are no guarantees that Detroit would even
get the essential federal funding.

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