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Oakland County all in on transit as millage appears set to pass
(Detroit Free Press) Regional transit efforts got a big boost Tuesday as voters in Oakland County appeared to OK a countywide transit millage for the first time and votes in support of millages for transit service were leading during counting early Wednesday in neighboring Macomb and Wayne counties.
The vote in Oakland County — 330,938 in favor to 247,221 against, according to unofficial results, with almost 97% of precincts reporting just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday — marks a dramatic shift in the conversation from earlier this year. The Auburn Hills City Council attempted to pull the city out of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, a move later blocked by a judge.
Instead, metro Detroit, a region that has appeared at times hostile to the very concept of transit, is now set for the largest expansion of public transportation in decades. ...........(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/oakland-county-regional-transit-millage/69627039007/