[Rizzo]

Ahhhh!! It's not a monorail! It's a regular elevated train. Only difference was it came during a time where automated controls weren't all that common. Guess the NYT didn't do their research back then.

"Each ride will cost 50 cents" Crazy that this was written in 1987....and in 2011 it cost exactly the same. The fare has since been raised to 75 cents to assist with filling in the budget gap.

Though it fell way low of expected ridership, it serves a very practical purpose to get people from Greektown to JLA & Cobo or GCP for a ball game. It was desperately needed in a time where people felt unsafe walking between these venues. Though times have changed and downtown is for the most part safe, it still gets overcrowded during big events which is why Detroit needs it.

I wish it could have been expanded. In a perfect world it would run all the way up Woodward. And loop around Midtown and New Center.