Plans for Detroit Regional Mass Transit Announced

Plans for a first Detroit regional mass transit system would connect communities and people with jobs, and encourage economic development.

FOX2DETROIT

DETROIT, MICH. -- Today the city of Detroit announced plans to create a mass transit system with coordinated commuter rail, rapid bus and airport service.

The plan by the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan will be up for a vote this November. It will require taxpayers to pay an average of $95 per year. The tax would affect about 1.2 million in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties for 20 years.

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