M-1 (Michigan Highway) - Future

Future

Further information: Transportation in metropolitan Detroit

Local business and government officials have proposed two projects to add modern streetcars to M-1. The Woodward Avenue Light Rail line is a proposed light rail line that would run for approximately nine miles (14 km) along Woodward Avenue from the transit center at Michigan Avenue north to the state fairgrounds. Another proposed venture, the M-1 Rail Line, would run for 3.4 miles (5.5 km) in the downtown area only. Suggestions to unify the two plans were made in late 2008, and the Detroit City Council approved the sale of $125 million in bonds on April 11, 2011 for the longer system. The line was approved by the Federal Transit Administration on August 31, 2011, with service expected at the time to start in 2015. However, just months later, the federal government withdrew its support for the longer proposed line, in favor of a bus rapid transit system which would serve the city and its suburbs. This decision was made after talks between Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Governor Rick Snyder. Private investors who supported the shorter three-mile line to New Center stated that they would continue developing that project.

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