(Source: Detroit Free Press, December 11, 2011)
TROY, Mich. — After nearly a dozen years of yes votes, the Troy City Council faces one final vote and a deadline Dec. 19 that outsiders say is crucial for metro Detroit — whether to accept federal money and build a rail transit center. The train station would be on Troy’s border with Birmingham and would load Amtrak passengers from cars, buses, taxis and bikes. Transit boosters say it’s a forward-thinking link to the high-speed rail initiative passed this year in Washington, which received matching funds in Lansing.
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