Woodward light rail demo

A cool video showing what light rail on Woodward would actually look like! Put together as a part of the Detroit Transit Options for Growth Study by DDOT and URS. Includes video images of stations at Foxtown, MLK/Mack, Warren, TechTown and Grand Blvd / New Center.

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Travel & Events

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• Detroit
• light
• rail
• Woodward
• transit
• DTOGS
• TRU

[andylinn]

please please please can we have transit.

[andylinn]

please please please can we have transit.

[prometheuszero9]

@nlspears02

Totally agree... I think they ought to focus on connecting Downtown to New Center first, and then Downtown to Eastern Market (with a Gratiot line), then a Jefferson line to the Belle Isle area, at least. Then, create some "intersecting" lines on, say, MLK/Mack and Warren, as well as making a longer Fort/Jefferson line. They ought to expand to Wayne County suburbs before Oakland county, since it seems Oakland County has nothing but contempt for Detroit. Let 'em drive, I say...

[prometheuszero9]

To respond to enoebone... what would is do that Smart bus doesnt? 1.) Provide an additional mass transit option, like any well-planned city does, which leads to 2.) people feel that Detroit is more transit and walking friendly, and 3.) It WILL "connect" to freeways, by way of stations. There will be a stop near I-94, before the New Center terminus. They would just need to build a parking structure, and then just imagine how easy it'd be to park and ride to a concert or game.

[enoebone]

What does this thing do that the Smart bus doesn't? If it's not above (L train) or below (subway) ground surface it still has to stop for red lights so what's the purpose? I love Detroit but this is part of the problem- the fact that we waste a lot of resources doing things wrong instead of doing things right from jump. Something like this would be good if it was on the freeway & people got on on the overpass walkways.

[Zalenski]

This is great, would love to visit a thriving Detroit.

[nlspears02]

Hopefully Woodward is just he beginning. Then they could expand to Gratiot, Michigan Ave. Grand River and all of the Mile Rds. Detroit's layout is perfect for a mass transit system.

[laurenmoyer]

They do, this is stage one.

[thefury617]

As long ain't gets in the way,breakground begins by the fall of this year and the system will be running near the end of 2010!!!

[ShortBusDriver4u]

Its shame that Detroit had a great system and took it apart...But we can't think about the past,In order for this city to become a functional metropolitan area a system like this is a must!!!

[urbanbluefly]

I worry about building transit piecemeal like this. Baltimore tried it and they have about 4 different systems hodge-podged together.

DC built one consistent system over 30 years and have a world-class subway system now.

Just something to consider. If you're going to only do one line now, at least have a plan for the next phase that is consistent with the first.

Good job!

[darqikno]

this is a pretty good idea...