Wayne County voters approved the new countywide public-transportation millage by roughly two to one on August 4. The vote expands the funding base for regional transit beyond the communities that historically participated in SMART and creates a practical implementation question: how quickly new service should reach previously excluded communities and whether the first dollars should emphasize fixed routes, connections to major employment centers, or demand-responsive and paratransit service. The result gives countywide transit a much broader mandate than the fragmented system it replaces. Passing the millage settles whether Wayne County wants broader transit. It does not settle which missing connections would make that expansion useful fastest.