Working together. That's what the editorial board at the
Detroit Free Press is advocating in regards to the two light rail plans for the
Woodward corridor. The hope is that if the two parties behind the plans (one
private and one public) work together, they will bring about the much-needed
mass transit line and the much-needed investment and jobs that will follow it.
Excerpt:
Private developers who want to build a light-rail line on
Woodward in Detroit
might hold the key to this region's first real step toward a mass transit
system. To make the most of this opportunity, however, investors must come
forward -- now.
Read the rest of this Detroit Free Press story here.