I wanna build a subway or a train system through out the detroit and burb area. anyone wanna help?
2007-08-26 09:07:41 · 5 answers · asked by Sean 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Detroit does not have a good mass transit system for the same reason they have a poor NFL team.
2007-08-26 09:36:04 · answer #1 · answered by HyperGforce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rapid transit system probably wouldn't work in Detroit. The downtown area is no longer the most common destination for workers, and hasn't been in a long time. Years ago, bus service along the three main arteries leading to downtown Detroit was frequent and bustling with passengers. The daily Pontiac-to-Detroit commuter trains also became quite crowded.
That has changed. Today, people's jobs are spread out all over the place in nearly every suburb. People are commuting in all directions. The buses from the suburbs to Detroit are erratic and seldom full, and the train no longer exists.
In order for a mass transit system to work, it would not only have to connect Detroit with all the suburbs, but the suburbs themselves together. I doubt it will happen for two reasons. It's not practical, and the expense would be huge.
2007-08-26 10:31:01 · answer #2 · answered by Pat S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Detroit used to have good public transportation (The Street Car system) but since then, it has all been limited to the joke known as the People Mover, DDOT and SMART busses.
There are two big reasons that there isn't decent public transportation in Detroit. 1) Automobile Industry. The Automakers want their workers to drive the cars that they build. What would it look like if people who worked at Dearborn/Rouge Assembly took the train in to work everyday? (Personally, I wouldn't care).
2) Cost over usage. The problem in Detroit is that it's not the boomtown that it once was. Everyone has moved into and past the suburbs. The cost of the rail system would exceed the usage.
But, there is a light rail system being built between Howell and Ann Arbor named WALLY. I haven't heard much about it, but they just passed the beginning of construction. And if it goes well, from what I've heard, they plan on making Howell the center, and making trains into Detroit, Lansing, and Flint.
2007-08-27 07:23:03 · answer #3 · answered by Zach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pat has a good point.
I would add that there are 3 rather large automotive companies in Detroit that have a vested interest in quelling any popular movement for a mass transit system in Detroit.
No popular movement, no tax money. No tax money, no trains.
No motors... No Motor City
2007-08-27 07:08:58 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew Wiggin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, but I don't have much.
2007-08-26 09:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋