Anyone old enough and familiar with Detroit and the Coleman Young fiasco of the People Mover knows this will end very poorly.
Does anyone else remember the Big Dig? Once they start these projects they will have to continue them, and I have NEVER seen a project like these come in on time or on budget.
$8 billion? Mark my word, they do this and the end cost will be so far over that it will make you sick when all is finished. Will they demand only union workers be allowed on the jobsite, and all materials be produced by union workers also? If so you can add damn near 40% right off the bat to the cost.
The Detroit people mover wouldn’t be bad if it serviced more than a handfull of inhabited buildings. The rest of the buildings along the route are empty and have windows painted on the plywood that covers the actual windows.
It also doesn’t go to Comerica park and Ford field where it needs to go most.