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Actually Detroit did start building its own subway in 1929, right before the great depression. There is no record of it on the Internet. No one in current cit
by rmason 6y ago
Actually Detroit did start building its own subway in 1929, right before the great depression. There is no record of it on the Internet. No one in current city government knows a thing about it.
My father remembers it being built, he would have been 13. A short stretch of tunnel and the beginnings of what would have been two stations.
When I was in college in the seventies some urban explorers found an entrance. But the city managed to get it closed. The only story on it was an alt weekly, long since gone.
One of these days I am going to spend some time in the Detroit library system and dig up proof and publish it on the web.
- andrew_ 6y agoThe trolly network was extensive, however. The reason(s) for their demise are googlable.
- rmason 6y agoOh I know all about the trolley network. My dad took me on the trolley on its last day. I was too young to have any memory of it but I've got the picture ;<). For sixty years my father insisted that the auto company's were behind its demise. Shortly before he passed away it all came out that he had been correct all along. Although some Detroit media still dispute the proof.
- cabalos 6y agoA few years back, I stumbled on the master transit plan for the Metro Detroit region prior to the freeway system being built. The original plan called for rail running in the median of the freeways, similar to how spots are in Chicago. The plan included artist concepts, layouts, etc. Not sure if its true or not, but I had read reports the auto industry fought the rail component of the project to its death. It was a really fascinating document. It's somewhere on the internet; I wish I could find the link.