Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Motor City Light Rail: Boondoggle or Beginning of the Detroit Renaissance?



Is this the "Field of Dreams" kind of thinking-- if we build it, they will come? Do the politicians really believe using taxpayer money to build the light rail will trigger surge of economic activity in the motor city?

2 comments:

  1. I'll take "Boondoggle" for $10, Alex...

    Just what Detroit needs, another empty-headed politician talking about the need to "educate the public"

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  2. Isn't Detroit a rather low density city these days? What would the light rail accomplish other than increasing debt or taxes? You'll get a few jobs for a while, but at the cost of that debt & taxes for a much longer while.

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