Crain’s Detroit: Oakland County transit millage passes, ending SMART bus opt-outs

Voters approved a trio of public transportation services millages in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties in Tuesday voting. In Oakland County, a roll of the dice on whether voters writ-large would support funding public transit countywide paid off. With about 94 percentof precincts reporting unofficial results, voters approved the first such countywide millage. As of 2:14 a.m. Wednesday, the measure had 57 percent yes votes to 43 percent opposed.