DISQUS

Eartha Jane Melzer · 1 year ago

another cost of racism Thanks for getting at the social dynamic behind the rotten system.

How can we overcome the racial tension/racism that keeps us from having an effective statewide public tansportation system? Do you think higher fuel prices will motivate people to integrate transportation systems?

rk · 1 year ago

GM workers bypass SMART, DDOT

When GM purchased the RenCen and moved their employees down there they started their own bus system where they leased space in parking lots all around town and started a shuttle downtown. Of course it's designed around their work schedules and is always on time.

LoRayne Apo-Joynt · 1 year ago

Advocating a corporate solution? Obviously GM realizes something is wrong with the public transport system -- but rather than seeing itself as a partner with the city, it has adopted a got-ours-screw-you attitude.

What about the employees of businesses that support GM with services; aren't their employees deserving of timely and safe transport? 

In the big picture, GM owns a lion's share of the blame for Detroit's decline; GM didn't reinvest in the city but chose instead to bail out to locations farther from the city's center.  When it returned, it brought a got-ours-screw-you attitude. 

I hate even using this example, but look at Grand Rapids and Amway for comparison; while I detest the ownership mentality and politics of the DeVos-Van Andels, at least they are fully aware that they are key to the city's success and reinvest in the city and its services.  Were GM and other major corporations that call Detroit home to actually work together cooperatively and collaboratively to help the city with the transport problem, we wouldn't have to point to GR; it's not a lack of resources but political will that is at the root of the Detroit public transport problem.

aram1982 · 2 months ago

gm is the best