Here's an idea... be gentle if it's completely ignorant on some fronts.

1. Transfer control of the Detroit Transportation Corp. [[People Mover operator) to M-1 rail. Saving the City and State $4.5 Million in annual subsidies.
2. Allow them to expand The People mover up Woodward to the Amtrak station using the $100 million they have pledged [[which is about 40% of the estimated cost to build the rail line from River to Amtrak station).
3. Transfer the track to grade somehow near the Grand Circus Station. Build only 4 stations I-375, Mack, Warren, I-94 [[40% of the number of stations originally planned) [[the downtown loop was redundant with the People Mover anyway)
4. M-1 then becomes responsible to operate the loop as a non-profit, using increased advertising dollars to make up the short fall of no government subsidy.

I know this is completely simplified, but it seems like a win, win. Because let's be honest, the People Mover is going dark in two-years if nothing is done.