According to the Detroit Free Press:
"The city is scheduled to submit a new-starts application for the Woodward Light Rail Project within the next month, and construction is scheduled to start within two years.
There's no time to dally. Detroit and southeast Michigan cannot continue to put off the thorny question of how to pay for operating a transit system, or it will continue to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal transit aid to other regions."
Editorial, 14 May 2010
Full Article:
http://www.freep.com/article/2010051...sing-fed-funds
There are of course many hurdles to still overcome, but I feel optimistic about this unique project, from the proposed designs to the joint public/private nature of the project.