Train stops are in Detroit, Dearborn, Wayne, Ypsilanti, and Ann Arbor. Dearborn isn't nearly the boogeyman some on FR think it is, but Detroit and most of Ypsi aren't exactly safe havens for people. Wayne is getting some Inkster spillover as well.
I have my retirement home in the northern part of the LP and am planning to retire there in about 2.5 years. We know that somehow the entire state will end up subsidizing this boondoggle.
Maybe I should just retire somewhere else even though I do not want to live anywhere else.
And there will probably be stops at or near every MLK Blvd.
Macomb county will have a ‘Train Tax’ to go with our ‘Art Tax’?
I will be building a house in Lapeer county in 2017. All I can say is SEE YA! and FU! to Macomb county. I’ll pay property taxes to a more responsible community.
What is it with leftists and trains? Sheesh
Is there a passenger train anywhere in America that operates subsidy free?
I wouldn’t lump all of Ypsi together, especially Depot Town.
I’ll reserve judgement for now but one of Detroit’s problems is lack of good public transport. I don’t think it’ll “spread crime”, most likely it’ll help the economy. Every other prosperous city I know has some type of rail system.
A train line to Detoilet will make Ann Arbor a craphole just like the “D”.
It will serve the Yuppies in AA right!
Similar example: Bus Routes from Inner City to Suburben Malls. Soon after Malls are no longer safe, they become Gang Havens then they close.
Same plan but expect different outcome. Insanity!
Little secret, They are not spending the money on roads and bridges but on "transportation" which include trains, bus lines that cost twice as much to run as they take in and put two lanes of traffic off limits at rush hours, bike lanes that take away parking from small businesses, walking trails that you never see anyone one and, of course, study after study.
Oh, I do not support this train proposal.
Keep in mind that this train will not just go from Ann Arbor to Detroit, but will also go from Detroit to Ann Arbor.
...something for the snowflakes there to think about.
Why would anyone want to go to that war zone known as Detroit?
What the market is heading towards, is more freedom with self driving vehicles taking you directly from departure to destination without having to be herded onto trains.
I could never figure out trains as a means of transportation. You have to take a car to the train station then when you reach the end of the line, you need another car to get you to where you’re going.
Amtrak already has the 358 Wolverine that goes from Ann Arbor to Detroit every day.
Increase crime?!?!
The local thugs are probably not going to be hopping on the high speed rail to carry out their capers.