I lived in downtown Detroit when the People Mover opened its sliding doors in the mid-‘80s. Naysayers dubbed the elevated transit system “The Mugger Mover” though there was little related crime. All I know is that I could take the People Mover from my Millender Center apartment to Red Wings games at Joe Louis Arena without ever going outside. Didn't need a coat in the middle of winter. Went to one game in my slippers.

Detroiters are now buzzing about the proposed  M1 light-rail system, which would connect downtown to the New Center Area via the Woodward Avenue corridor. The M1 is named after Woodward's official name, the M1. Of course, nobody calls Woodward the M1. You'd be as likely to find an M16 on Woodward as an M1 sign.

The M1 rail project needs a $25 million  grant from the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. The money might be better spent buying a new second baseman for the TIGERS.

I lived in downtown Detroit when the People Mover opened its sliding doors in the mid-‘80s. Naysayers dubbed the elevated transit system “The Mugger Mover” though there was little related crime. All I know is that I could take the People Mover from my Millender Center apartment to Red Wings games at Joe Louis Arena without ever going outside. Didn't need a coat in the middle of winter. Went to one game in my slippers.

Detroiters are now buzzing about the proposed  M1 light-rail system, which would connect downtown to the New Center Area via the Woodward Avenue corridor. The M1 is named after Woodward's official name, the M1. Of course, nobody calls Woodward the M1. You'd be as likely to find an M16 on Woodward as an M1 sign.

The M1 rail project needs a $25 million  grant from the federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. The money might be better spent buying a new second baseman for the TIGERS.