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Originally Posted by Crawford
And federal dollars are only appropriated for a handful of applicants each year. The primary criteria is ridership per $$.
I think this line could generate decent ridership, but I am not sure if could generate decent ridership relative to other proposed projects in other U.S. cities. This definitely seems like an open question.
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I'm fairly optimistic with even the lowish ridership projections that given the administration we have coupled with "feel-good" aspect of granting Detroit its first line in years, that this will make it in any year start-up is proposed.
But, even for the less optimistic, one would have to know what other transit agencies are requesting start-ups and expansions next year to be skeptical about the chances of DTOGS & M1-Rail.