After all that talk of a Detroit-Ann Arbor commuter line, it's on its
way... potentially. SEMCOG is just waiting on estimates of cost before
they progress. The line could get held up again but Carmine Palombo,
director of transportation programs for SEMCOG, says it should be a go.
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SEMCOG has looked into the feasibility of a commuter rail between the two major cities for more than a year now. The concept would be to rely on existing infrastructure as much as possible as a system was developed to shuttle people between Detroit, Ann Arbor and Metro Airport.
Palombo said the question of where the stop that will service Detroit Metropolitan Airport will sit. So far, stations are already planned for Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, a Detroit Metro Airport stop, a stop at the Henry Ford in Dearborn and near the New Center Area in downtown Detroit.
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