A proposal aims to put all the pieces of the city's transit puzzle together.
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Initially, hybrid bus routes would be established along the major
roads, including connecting downtown Detroit with Detroit Metropolitan
Airport via Michigan Avenue, with M-59 via Gratiot, and with Pontiac
via Woodward. The plan also proposes to immediately increase the
frequency among existing bus lines and improve the roadway.
The
transit plan would then connect proposals already in the works,
including the $371 million, 8-mile-long Woodward Avenue Light Rail
Transit already approved by the Southeast Michigan Council of
Governments, with an estimated construction date of 2011.
A
separate privately funded-plan along a 3.4-mile stretch of Woodward in
downtown Detroit is making headway under Hertel's leadership, with
likely backing from major business leaders such as Mike Ilitch and
Peter Karmanos. A commuter line over track used by Amtrak would connect
Ann Arbor with Detroit's New Center, with a potential trial run
beginning in 2010.
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