Buses Rolling * USA - Voters can keep SMART buses on
Bad economy leads to worries about millage's passage
Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit Free Press, by MATT HELMS -July 25, 2010: -- Supporters are hoping metro Detroit's economic troubles won't hurt the chances for the renewal of the millage that supports the region's suburban bus system and its 40,000 daily riders... SMART, the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, serves all of Macomb County and parts of Oakland and Wayne counties outside Detroit. Renewal of the 0.59 mills would cost the owner of a home with a taxable value of $100,000 about $59 per year. It's a four-year term in Wayne and Macomb counties and two years in Oakland. The vote is Aug. 3... Deputy Oakland County Executive Gerald Poisson, a member of SMART's board of directors, said SMART is "an essential economic development tool" for metro Detroit... (Photo by PATRICIA BECK/Detroit Free Press - March 2009: Passengers board a SMART bus at Northland Center in Southfield. SMART provides more than 13 million rides a year. SMART said about 70% of its users rely on the buses to get to work, and 20% to get to school. Voters are to decide Aug. 3 whether to renew a millage that accounts for 42% of the bus system's annual budget, about $121 million for the current fiscal year)
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