DETROIT'S M - 1 LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, STOP IT - NOW

M -1 LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM - DETROIT....STOP IT, NOW

I have contacted the US Department of Transportation, asking them to STOP and no longer support the Detroit M-1 Light Railway System, that is a 3.3 mile / 13 stop - bondoogle, already over budget and under funded.

It is support by rich businessmen, Mike Ilitch, Dan Gilber, Roger Penske and others that promoted it as a privately funded project, that is now gotten $25 million dollars in Federal Aid and requesting another $12.2 million dollars.

It is a fanciful Disney Land ride, in a City that is in bankruptcy, with retirees robbed of their pensions, tax dollars that should be helping Detroit are labeled Detroit Downtown Development Authority 'captured dollars' (not tax dollars).

Detroit does not have a dependable bus system. Detroit residents do not even have bus shelters, to protect them from wind, rain or snow. Detroit and its suburbs need a coordinated bus system that will provide economic aid to the region and not just to some rich - 1% ers - who plan a mega million development project with a MINI ICE ARENA, as its center piece.

My email says:

PLEASE ...STOP...THE DETROIT M1 RAILWAY....
THEY WANT $12.2 MILLION MORE DOLLARS FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT....
BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDERFUNDED...

DETROIT RESIDENTS DO NOT NEED ANOTHER FAILED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - DISNEY LAND RIDE - WE HAVE THE 'PEOPLE MOVER'...

DETROIT DOES NOT HAVE A DEPENDABLE BUS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THAT PREVENTS RESIDENTS FROM GETTING TO AND FROM WORK OR SCHOOL. THEY DO NOT HAVE BUS SHELTERS, TO SHIELD THEM FROM WIND, RAIN, SNOW...

THE M1 IS TOO SMALL, WITH TOO MANY - STOPS, TO BE EFFECTIVE AND WORTH THE MONEY, WHICH WILL BE NEEDED AND PAID FOR BY THE DETROIT RESIDENTS, IN THE FUTURE...A CITY ALREADY IN BANKRUPTCY, WITH TRANSPORTATION DEFICITS AND SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

PLEASE - DO ALL YOU CAN TO STOP THE M1 - AND PROMOTE A VIABLE PUBLIC BUS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR DETROIT AND ITS SUBURBS.

It's been assigned a number for reference #140624 - 000088...if you wish to support and end to the M-1 Light Rail System, go to the US Department of Transportation website - contact us...and submit your email of support.