Detroit’s Big Transit Success Story Isn’t Its New Streetcar — It’s the Buses
Today is the grand opening for the QLine, Detroit’s 3.3-mile, mixed-traffic streetcar on Woodward Avenue. It’s getting tons of local press attention, but TransitCenter reports that the Motor City’s true transit renaissance is not due to the streetcar, but the city’s successful, under-the-radar turnaround of its bus system.
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Bravo to Detroit for turning its bus service into a functional operation. That said, Motor City's reduced population will give buses less competition from auto traffic so passengers will have speedier rides. 
Sloan
