MI: Metro Detroit Leaders Debate Vision for Regional Public Transit Plan

Feb. 14, 2018
A group of metro Detroit officials say they are not giving up on a vision for a regional transit service across four counties, although it's not clear if the issue will appear on this year's election ballots.

A group of metro Detroit officials say they are not giving up on a vision for a regional transit service across four counties, although it's not clear if the issue will appear on this year's election ballots.

The Regional Transit Authority (RTA) of Southeast Michigan asked voters to support a $4.6 billion millage proposal on the November 2016 ballot to boost public transportation in Oakland, Macomb, Wayne and Washtenaw counties, but the millage was rejected by 18,000 out of 1.8 million votes cast.

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