Light Rail vs. High Speed Rail to Chicago

There are three stories about MDOT in the Detroit News and yet no one on the Transportation Committee from Detroit is talking about fostering a merger between DDOT and SMART. This would be one of the greatest undones of the Gubenatorial legacy of Jennifer Granholm. As our President is attempting to attack Healthcare in his first term, and will get it done in some fashion before he leaves office, Governor Granholm has had the issue cross her desk, but seems to be condigned to letting it fade away. Light rail, High speed rail, and other so called trails to rails or rails to trails project should be complemented by a merger of the mass transit bus system. It gives another modality of usage to one of the largest metro areas in the country!