
Auburn Hills votes to opt out of SMART bus service
For the past two years, Christina Cowart has relied on the bus to get to and from her retail job selling baby clothes at the Great Lakes Crossing mall in Auburn Hills. The Pontiac resident takes the bus from the Phoenix Center to a bus stop on Baldwin on the west side of the massive mall, a 20-minute, 5-mile ride.
"I come out here and catch this bus to make money for my family," she said. "And I'm not the only one."
Cowart and other carless commuters like her may have no way to get to work nex