"Imagine taking a bus directly from downtown Detroit to Metro Airport at a modest cost," writes Eric D. Lawrence of the Detroit Free Press. In virtually every other major American metropolis, such a thought wouldn't require any imagination – it would be reality. In Detroit, however, we've been dreaming of a direct public transit connection to the airport for decades.
Now, however, those dreams could become a reality.
According to the Free Press, "The Regional Transit Authority is fine-tuning a request for proposal with assistance from the Wayne County Airport Authority for a bus service that would link Detroit, as well as Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, to the airport."
Hooray! It's about damn time. Now let's hope local leaders and agencies have the will to make it happen.
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