Other amenities that are a factor in people using transit are things such as street lights, sidewalks, and pedestrian friendly bus stops. The region must have a cooperative regional plan supported and embraced by the three local counties, Wayne oakland and Macomb as well as the City of Detroit. Transportation is not just moving people, but also moving that goods that make it possible to live in unity. Al Martin, Director, Detroit Department of Transportation expanded on the discussio by adding his perspective on the issues at hand. Create a system that is clean, safe, reliable, and efficient and the people with a choice will use the system.
Public transit takes vehicles off the roads and increases the capacity of roads.
An intermodel freight facility would do a lot to reduce truck volumes on our expressways and increase the freight transportation efficiency for the region. Other amenities that are a factor in people using transit are things such as street lights, sidewalks, and pedestrian friendly bus stops. A number of years ago, Detroit lost almost a billion dollars in federal transit money because we as a community could not agree on how to spend the money. We, as a community, have to work together and develop a common vision for transportation in the Detroit Region. The region can come together as they did to defeat making any significant regional change to develop cleaner air.