Leaders getting behind transit plans
Roger Penske told his business peers recently that he was devoted to
“continuing the momentum” of Detroit’s revival, and the next big
project should be a modern transit system.
According to the story:
Roger Penske told his business peers recently that he was devoted to
“continuing the momentum” of Detroit’s revival, and the next big
project should be a modern transit system.
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm’s administration and Republican legislative
leaders are bargaining over a bill that would give some local transit
agencies much greater authority than they have now to raise money for
new rapid transit systems, something the federal government requires
before it will fund engineering, construction, and other rapid transit
start-up costs.
Detroit city government views improving transit and building a regional
rapid transit system as one of its top priorities for economic
development.
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