Stephen Hands, a student at Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan, developed this program. This system was key to developing the city as it was in the 1950's with the large number of dense, full buildings downtown. Almost everyone used the system, few people drove, there were few parking spaces downtown. The City of Detroit supports the system with a strategic investment from the general fund to meet operating costs. It has low usage and a high cost per ride.
Most funding comes from state and federal funds.
Downtown is struggling with only a fraction of the people downtown now as in the past with a multiple of scary, enclosed parking garages and a tremendous percentage of space taken up for car storage. Trains would serve users during normal commuter hours. This could be very cost effective. Improving public transportation in Detroit is a political issue, not a money issue. Get the political will to develop a good public transportation system and the money will come.