Safe, convenient, and affordable mass transit is still years away for the Detroit metropolitan area. But a growing number of local leaders, led by Roger Penske, now understand that building rapid transit infrastructure is critical to the region's economic competitiveness in the 21st century just as building highways was one key to prosperity in the mid 20th century.
Officials now are considering five separate alternatives to link Detroit and Ann Arbor with busses, light rail, or commuter trains. A recent study found that, depending on the type of service, the project could establish 10 to 31 stations between the two cities.
