The Detroit Department of Transportation is hosting a series of public
meetings to receive input on three potential alignments for rapid
transit in the four cities it services: Dearborn, Detroit, Hamtramck
and Highland Park.
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The options, all of which include a three-mile stretch of Woodward between downtown and New Center, are:
- Michigan Avenue to Dearborn, near Fairlane Mall and University of Michigan-Dearborn; and
These
three alignments were deemed worthy of further study for several
reasons, including public support at an earlier round of public
hearings, population, housing and employment density, major
destinations, traffic volume, bus ridership, and concentration of
car-less households. Modes being evaluated include bus rapid transit,
light rail and upgraded traditional bus service.
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