CNN.com has listed the "winners" and the "losers" in the new stimulus package about to be signed by President Obama and mass transit has definitely come ahead as a winner! America is this much closer to having a modern transportation grid, which is much appreciated by all of us out there who do not own cars.
Question: does any of the money go to projects already being planned for Detroit, such as the Woodward Light-Rail, the Ann Arbor-Detroit commuter line, or the proposed rail connection from Downtown to the Detroit-Metropolitan airport? I would hope so. These things would be invaluable for the city and the region.
So, thank you politicians for finally doing something right. I have no idea what the rest of that stimulus package will actually accomplish, but at least this part of it is a step in the right direction.
Let's hope for the best. I've lived in the Detroit area so long that I've almost forgotten what it's like to live in a place that takes mass transit seriously. (Thank you, Santa Monica!)
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