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Residents urge free transit pilots, neighborhood investment and tax fixes during committee public comment
Summary
Public commenters at the Planning and Economic Development Committee urged a free‑fare transit pilot, more economic investment outside downtown, information about senior services (MI Choice Waiver), and reviews of co‑op tax classifications and assessor practices.
Several Detroit residents used the committee's public‑comment period to press for neighborhood economic investment, transit relief and protections for seniors and co‑op housing.
A transit advocate introduced in committee as Mr. Cunningham described handing out winter items and bus tickets around the city and urged the committee to consider free fares. "It really should be bus fare should be free," he said, adding that free transit during the pandemic reduced tensions between…
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