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Eloquent and well-reasoned as that is, it is not going to be "connected" to M1 rail. They will have adjacent stops at Grand Circus Park. What precisely won't be used? The PM is used. How would a...

Did the People Mover beat up your mother?

Seriously, this thread is silly. There is little use and significant consequence to stopping the People Mover's operation. And there is absolutely no...

Coracle you are forgetting that on game/convention/event days it is a great tool to help people get around downtown. Downtown becomes a less convenient, less-attractive place on those days without...

Kathy, I think you are being intentionally overdramatic by saying the PM is ugly to the point of being offensive. I did acknowledge that it isn't pretty, but there realistically isn't much chance...

Command economies don't tend to work out as planned for anyone. I'll settle for a very nice yet practical mass transit system. And the parking lots? In a good economy, a building makes infinitely...

Well, Kathy, I have 2 responses for you. Even if the city decided to stop funding it, we don't have the money to tear it down, so ugly it will remain. Second, while it is not a pretty system by...

Packman, I think the subsidy from Detroit should continue for several reasons. First, there would be close down and ongoing maintenance costs for the PM; the city would not save the full amount of...

Well, not exactly. Federal transit funds are finite; far more systems want some than there are funds available. And some funds come with local contribution requirements. And the feds will not...

I think a line running over Michigan would lead to infill and gentrification all the way out to Dearborn, and improve access to jobs for the residents out that way.

Professor, that sounds very good to me.

In my head I like to create new M1-style light rail, 2 new lines. The first would run on Grand River from West Grand Blvd to downtown, loop around Capital...

With all do respect Finster, I think a logical argument can be made for the tear down of the PM, it's just an inferior one, in my opinion, to leaving it running.

As for the your other points, I...

With few exceptions, I don't know where most people on this board live. I don't know who lives downtown, in a city neighborhood, in the suburbs, or elsewhere entirely. Not that I think it matters;...

Zut alors.

I am not saying people connect all the dots. They just think "trains move everyone in NY" & "Our monorail doesn't move anyone by comparison." And, logically, we know that other cities' systems...

I think that idea stems from the fact that people compare it to systems in other cities that are widely used by local commuters. The people mover is an event-centered system. It might have had a...

In considering the future of the People Mover, we need to keep in mind that what should be done with it in the future is an entirely different question than whether or not it should have been built. ...