MI: Hackel: Let's Not Rush to Create "Obsolete" Regional Transit in Southeast Michigan

    Jan. 15, 2018
    Southeast Michigan regional leaders have been meeting for months to develop a new regional transit plan, but at least one of those leaders says there’s nothing he can get behind yet.

    Source Michigan Radio

    Southeast Michigan regional leaders have been meeting for months to develop a new regional transit plan, but at least one of those leaders says there’s nothing he can get behind yet.

    Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel says there’s no reason to build any system that relies on buses, suggesting those systems will soon be “obsolete.”

    Instead, Hackel favors letting the auto industry and its new technology, especially autonomous vehicle developments, lead the way.

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