http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-...t-people-mover
JAMES RISEN | Times Staff Writer
December 08, 1985

DETROIT — The Detroit People Mover, the 2.9-mile automated rail system under construction in a loop above this city's downtown district, is over budget and behind schedule, has lost its central purpose and tends to fall apart. To top it all off, federal transit officials don't think very many people will ride it once it is finished.

Otherwise, it has been a huge success. At least for local jokers, that is, who would be lost if they didn't have the People Mover, which looks a lot like the Disneyland monorail, to kick around. Whether they call it the train to nowhere, the mugger mover or the downtown bobsled run, the message is the same: The People Mover is widely seen as a huge boondoggle and a classic example of government bureaucracy run rampant.
Well, if they aren't doing enough, they're doing too much. Oi!

I am curious as to why there aren't many archive photos of DPM under construction or at least what the original plans looked like. Any help?