QLine going public

[Atticus]

EMU Steve, We have to remember downtown Detroit had no alternatives other than [[now) somewhat improved bus service and taxi. I have regularly waited 10-15 minutes on a windy and freezing EL Platforms in Chicago's Loop during off-peak hours. It's part of the outdoor transit "experience". A walk to and from apartment to a parking lot and walking to and from parking to destination equals insignificant time differences to and from the QLine. If anything I expect to see fewer people walking from Mack south to the "Foxtown"/GCP inbound and outbound in the bleak midwinter and instead switching to the QLine. I would have liked to see an intermediate stop between Sproat Street and Mack Ave as that area is looking like the center point between the Arena district and Orchestra Place.

Again though, it is a time thing. 10-15 min is okay [[not fun, but okay) even in 15 degree weather. For middle/upper income people, 25 minutes is not okay even in 70 degree weather, because time is lost.

Imagine a resident in the David Whitney Bldg who goes to a show at the Max. The show gets out, and it is a comfortable 60 degrees outside. They can stand on the platform and wait 20 min for QLine, or pay $4 more and wait 5 minutes to ride Uber.

It is not the temperature... [[and yes waiting any amount of time in 15 degrees weather will suck), but it is the time lost. Get the headways down.

[Hermod]

Again though, it is a time thing. 10-15 min is okay [[not fun, but okay) even in 15 degree weather. For middle/upper income people, 25 minutes is not okay even in 70 degree weather, because time is lost.

Imagine a resident in the David Whitney Bldg who goes to a show at the Max. The show gets out, and it is a comfortable 60 degrees outside. They can stand on the platform and wait 20 min for QLine, or pay $4 more and wait 5 minutes to ride Uber.

It is not the temperature... [[and yes waiting any amount of time in 15 degrees weather will suck), but it is the time lost. Get the headways down.

Yes, Detroiters need a heated shelter at every stop.