CDB Flashback #2: When We Solved the Woodward Corridor Mass Transit, Light Rail Problem

Crain's Detroit Business - October 16, 2006    

Remember back in 2006, when the best minds in metro Detroit business and government got together and finally developed a workable plan for light rail and mass transit along the Woodward corridor? Detroiters with a direct, convenient way to get to jobs in the suburbs; suburbanites with direct, convenient transportation to jobs downtown and in the RenCen; and the hospitality and entertainment industries thriving downtown as people hopped mass transit for dining, concerts and theatrical presentations. 

Oh, wait ... we didn't get any of that. Well, maybe next year!

Off the Drawing Board: As I've sorted through boxes of my old Crain's Detroit Business cartoon originals, it's clear that business and civic leaders in metro Detroit are masters of non-decision making. This cartoon is just one example, but there are many other recurring topics I'll be sharing in the coming weeks and months. To be clear, when you see themes and topics repeated, it's not because I ran out of ideas; it's because our politicians and captains of industry did!