Comments on: Regional Transit: Where Does Ann Arbor Fit?

By: Nathanael

Nathanael — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 05:46:26 +0000

Some very minor corrections to an otherwise good article.
1 – from east of Dearborn to south of Detroit, the track in the “West Detroit” area is owned by “Conrail”, not “Contrail”.
2 – The “Englewood flyover” is due to be *finished* (not started) in 2016.
3 – The new Dearborn station is now scheduled to open in 2014, not 2013.
4 – The Troy Transit Center is probably going to open in 2014 (rather than 2013) for reasons too sad and pathetic to describe.

By: Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:30:51 +0000

Interesting. (I had read the original article but not gone back and read the presentation after it was posted.)

From the slides, it looks like the chief obstacle from a WALLY perspective is that the curvature of the track as it passes over the Amtrack tracks is too sharp to allow station construction.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:09:44 +0000

Re (1) that was discussed at the public meeting on October 8 about likely station locations. The consultant said that this idea had been considered, but that there were numerous obstacles and it was not on the plan of favored locations for a downtown station. More information, including the meeting presentation, here: [link]

By: Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:02:13 +0000

Was there any indication whether the consultant studying locations for Ann Arbor Station will consider the intersection of the two tracks? While I could imagine this could be very expensive, it also would provide tremendous opportunity to connect the Howell – Toledo route to the Detroit – Chicago route.