Possible early plan for the People Mover?

[Parkguy]

Detroit Planner is correct, as I remember it. A lot of the money evaporated with cost overruns and mysterious activities. The people mover was not quite complete when SEMTA announced that they were going to abandon the project, and Coleman let them politely know that no one was going to walk away from an unfinished elevated loop in the city. The city took over the project and got it completed with federal funds. It was always intended to be the final downtown distribution loop of a much larger system. Remember, in those days downtown was still the biggest job center in the region.