Rather than viewing Grand Rapids' efforts to get more transit as competition to Detroit's blogger Andy Guy —also editor of our sister publication
Rapid Growth —posits that a two-city push can help both achieve their goals.
Excerpt:
But a closer look at the situation reveals that, at this moment,
greater Grand Rapids actually is one of the biggest allies in the
campaign to finally put modern public transportation on the ground in
Detroit. In fact, one of the more strategic moves transit leaders in
Southeast Michigan can make right now to advance their own efforts is
to support a proposed permanent Bus Rapid Transit line in West Michigan.
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