Is the People Mover Really Moving People?

[Amanda Ruiz]

With much debate about Detroit's need for mass transit, where does the Detroit People Mover come into play? Is it a cheap, convenient, way to get around downtown just during a Wings game or does it have more potential for day-to-day use? How is it being underestimated and how can we improve it? Let us know what you think and check out their site for more info.

[Lukas]

My friend who used to live in Detroit calls it the "Mugger mover". He doesn't feel that way about it now but it's this kind of stigma which can hold back it's development. Up here in Toronto we're frustrated at the progess of adding additional subway lines and extending the existing ones. But it's a major financial investment and they've been thinking of temporarily closing a whole line just because of the upkeep costs and budget problems.

I was in Detroit on the weekend. On the Sunday I went and saw a Tigers game and went to a few different areas of the downtown. I was right next to the people mover but it's such a tight loop that I just figured I'd walk it. So it didn't move me, yet. Imagine throwing one that went way up Woodward?

[Mattie]

I think the People Mover was more of a proof of concept than anything else. It doesn't really take you where you really need to go. I'm happy that legislation to create a light rail system down Woodward Ave. are really starting to take hold and will be presented to the House and later to the Senate.