Generally when transit issues come up in Detroit, one of the main objections is the lack of density or places in which large numbers of people congregate. Monorails have the ability to snake through urban areas using existing right of ways. In Detroit, Woodward is generally considered the first place for the line. Many of the main areas of congregation are off the Woodward line. Places like Ford Hospital, downtown Royal Oak, Somerset, Eastern Market, the Casinos, Masonic, the DMC, Beaumont Hospital. Palmer Park Apt, WSU, the New Center. Herman Kiefer, the State Fair, Berkeley, Ford Field, the Oakland Government Center etc, A monorail would have the ability to connect all these entities easily. The entities could build the stations with access to both the entity and other outside activity having access. The average speed of monorail is faster than light rail. Accidents are nonexistent. Costs of construction are comparable and may be with the advent of the Urbanaut design lower. And lastly the major on going cost of a system is labor. A monorail has considerably lower costs. There does not have to be drivers.
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