I imagine what it was like when motown records was. And when the auto industry was booming. Making it the most rich and advanced city in the entire WORLD
the ding before the next station announcment is the same as the skytrain in vancouver and the door close is the TTC chime the Scarbourgh RT uses. TTC chimes in Toronto are different from vehicle to vehicle
0:00 Renaissance Center 0:28 Milliner Center 1:52 Financial District 4:00 Joe Louis Arena (RIPTheJoe) 5:34 Cobo Center 6:34 Fort and Cass 7:36 Michigan Ave (US 12) 8:44 Times Square 10:08 Grand Circus Park (Q-Line Access) 11:20 Broadway 12:31 Cadillac Center 14:01 Greektown 15:01 Bricktown 16:13 Renaissance Center
It's indeed underused, and has often been described as useless. The system itself is perfect for say visitors, but to make it really interesting from a transit point of view, it would have to be bi-directionnal, and would need to be fed by more radiating lines in addition to that. It's quite an unfinished system TBH. I know it was supposed to have a subway were Qlink is today, but that was never done. It would have been amazing, had it been built in its entirety, just like Miami's metromover, which is used much more extensively. And I really don't think Detroit, which has just emerged of bankruptcy, has set that as a priority.
it might be good if the system actually went somewhere. It needs to be connected to other neighbourhoods with Light Rail Transit or Subway system. Being its entire system of only 3 miles long makes the entire system rather useless. If the system was say a minimum of 15-20 miles then it might actually be of some use.
Relatives constantly complain about parking prices around the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building,but I tell them to just be smart,park at an inexpensive lot next to a People Mover station,then take the People Mover within walking distance to the City-County/Municipal Building!! I'd been doing this for YEARS!!
I love elevated People Movers. Great video. Reminds me of the defunct Disneyland People Mover with stations. Never been to Detroit, but hope to visit some day. Thanks for sharing.
What makes me sad when i see the videos is how empty the train are. There are no person in the station. If this were built in Jakarta, it will gain huge success as Jakarta's people are dreaming to have such this kind of transportation.
Great video. It's too bad it doesn't go anywhere that you can't walk just as easily. Worked and played downtown my whole life, and never used it. I only know of one person who used to park at a surface lot and ride it to the Joe for hockey games. I know it was originally supposed to go from the city, to the suburbs, and be used as a commuter. It was under-funded for that purpose and instead it only goes around in a small circle.
I notice there's only one track! Is there a huge factory on one end that manufactures trains at the rate of one train every 15 minutes or so? And a huge junk yard at the other end full of abandoned trains?
Hungry Guy if you look closely at one of the stations, there is a diverging track next to it. I believe that is where they enter a yard of sorts. EDIT: Michigan Ave. and Times Square stations.
It looks like a mini Vancouver Skytrain! But wow are those stations ever close together, as close as bus stops almost. After 7:10 the next station is like less than a block away, it looks like maybe 50-60 metres away tops.
I worked on the J.L Hudsons Building implosion in '98,and the People Mover ran only 15 FEET from the side of the building,and I feared the end of the People Mover when the explosives were detonated!! But the guys from Homrich Construction assured me that the 29 story building would fall STRAIGHT-down without TOUCHING the monorail track!! I lost $20.00 dollars on a wager concerning this,as this 436 foot building fell down without contact with the track!! Only reason the People Mover was shut-down after the implosion,was that there was a 100 foot pile of rubble there for nearly a week,and every now and again,a chunk of debris would roll off of this pile onto the track,forcing a temporary halt in operations!! I commonly take the People Mover from Greektown to the Ren Cen,then chill out at the G.M Wintergarden!!
I made a playlist for this video: "People Moover" - A Guy Called Gerald "Gates of the Afterlife" - Claude Young "Change (Mike Huckaby Remix)" - Norm Talley All 3 Artists were inspired by the city we see here.
zivan56 they should phase em out. Too small get crowded and jammed up easily. The much newer models that are interconnected are better. Those mark I cars are in circulation more and more these days. Believe me I ride the Vancouver SkyTrain a lot . I keep boarding a mark I every time I depart Surrey. They may be phasing those out, if they really are it's a really slow process
Great video and good job with keeping the camera steady! How did you keep a phone so steady? In my area, we have the world's first PRT in Morgantown, WV. Thanks for the ride. I liked it so much, I had to like and subscribe.
I think that Alex Lo means Ghost town as in empty and desolate rather than spooky and crime-ridden. This looks like it was recorded on a Sunday morning: hardly any cars or pedestrians.
Samuel Jackson Detroit is a very low density city inside a big city. I think people are surprised how quiet Detroit is at times because it's often viewed as a big city. but when a city of once 2 million becomes only 600,000-700,000 people today, many neighbourhoods have been left empty. There are pockets of neighbourhoods here and there like separate Islands with not much in between. Could take decades to get the density of a large city back into Detroit. It Will take a lot of work.
Is the City of Détroit seriously using the trains that Vancouver is phasing out? I don't think this type of train is even in production any more. Any just two-cart trains on mostly-single tracks? That's a big chunk of money for something that'll play a severely limited role in expanding public transit. P.S. The jingle is sooooooo TTC.
cedricmeallan A new system of hybrid electric trolleys is starting to go in called the QLine. the first loop runs along Woodward between downtown and the New Center area. For 60% of the run it runs on batteries, a pure EV, then it recharges during the other 40% using an overhead power line.
Ummm, maybe if they created lines that reached out to other parts of the city and use the existing one as a loop like in Chicago, maybe ridership would increase...
cool video, nice view. System just useless tho, it just connects people to and from there car, it really doesn't reach out into the residential neighbourhoods. Untill this is connected to other major train stations, tram lines or Light rail lines that reach much further out into the outter neighbourhoods this thing is pretty much useless. That would be a good start. The city is pretty quiet tho, it's dead quiet on the streets, you also need more population density to make any system have propper ridership.
If they had it go to the new arena/stadiums and other parts of Detroit it would probably get used more but that would cost too much unless Detroit decides to use it. Or at least make it a tourist attraction
Thanks for the footage. Never been to Dey-trois but doing research on feasibility of living there. Public trans is a BIG deterrent. And so sad too. With the excitement of building this system in the '80s..to the dysfunction of it now..and the collapse of the city itself...it is rather dystopian, as someone below called it. I'm glad there is a renewal but it's going to take a longg time and the city probably will never be what it was. I've been reading about the inefficiency of the bus routes and lack of real foresight as far as extensive light rail.
Detroit looks a bit like central Glasgow, spread out over 10 times the area, half the population, expanded vertically, minus the Victorian bits. It doesn't look nearly as bad as portrayed, broken windows must have been photoshopped. Does remind me a bit of slightly distopian 1980s Science Fiction.
this is an old comment, but i'll respond anyway - this is downtown Detroit. ofc it's gonna be nice. Look at google street view, you'll see how defunct the residential areas look
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Beautiful footage. There's something about Detroit that puts my mind in a special place.
I totally get what you are saying.
Kenoah I love it
Lived and worked in Downtown for 6 years. I understand what your saying too.
I imagine what it was like when motown records was. And when the auto industry was booming. Making it the most rich and advanced city in the entire WORLD
convex I lived off of 8 mile for most of my life and went downtown often
the ding before the next station announcment is the same as the skytrain in vancouver and the door close is the TTC chime the Scarbourgh RT uses. TTC chimes in Toronto are different from vehicle to vehicle
0:00 Renaissance Center
0:28 Milliner Center
1:52 Financial District
4:00 Joe Louis Arena (RIPTheJoe)
5:34 Cobo Center
6:34 Fort and Cass
7:36 Michigan Ave (US 12)
8:44 Times Square
10:08 Grand Circus Park (Q-Line Access)
11:20 Broadway
12:31 Cadillac Center
14:01 Greektown
15:01 Bricktown
16:13 Renaissance Center
2:50 Windsor has a pretty nice skyline as well!
The city of Detroit is a beautiful city.
Detroit is an amazing place to indeed
Looks like nobody's taking it...
Tony Schnitzel that’s because there is no one using it except him
A fun affordable ride and the cool thing is you get to see Canada
It's cool how it goes inside buildings, this system looks very elegant. It looks like it's really underused though which is a shame.
It's indeed underused, and has often been described as useless. The system itself is perfect for say visitors, but to make it really interesting from a transit point of view, it would have to be bi-directionnal, and would need to be fed by more radiating lines in addition to that. It's quite an unfinished system TBH. I know it was supposed to have a subway were Qlink is today, but that was never done. It would have been amazing, had it been built in its entirety, just like Miami's metromover, which is used much more extensively. And I really don't think Detroit, which has just emerged of bankruptcy, has set that as a priority.
it might be good if the system actually went somewhere. It needs to be connected to other neighbourhoods with Light Rail Transit or Subway system. Being its entire system of only 3 miles long makes the entire system rather useless. If the system was say a minimum of 15-20 miles then it might actually be of some use.
James 1 Yup. But from what I understood the Q line is going to be connected to it. Not stellar yet, but that's a beginning.
It's pretty vacant during the day, but on the weekend evenings it's poppin.
Louis Hypothetical it's busy every time I go on it but Detroit is a lot different then people think. If you don't live here it's easily misunderstood
Jeez it's deserted.
Although I like how it goes through buildings.
Relatives constantly complain about parking prices around the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building,but I tell them to just be smart,park at an inexpensive lot next to a People Mover station,then take the People Mover within walking distance to the City-County/Municipal Building!! I'd been doing this for YEARS!!
As I've never ever rode on the Detroit People Mover in my life, this is a great way to experience it in the meantime.
I love elevated People Movers. Great video. Reminds me of the defunct Disneyland People Mover with stations. Never been to Detroit, but hope to visit some day. Thanks for sharing.
Try Vancouver's Skytrain. It's better and more fun to ride.
or also try Miami Metromover, it's like this but through a much newer city
coasterbear The Kelana Jaya Line train is the same as Vancouver Skytrain's
What makes me sad when i see the videos is how empty the train are. There are no person in the station. If this were built in Jakarta, it will gain huge success as Jakarta's people are dreaming to have such this kind of transportation.
I been to Detroit twice. It's actually a cool city. One of the best downtowns that I ever been. Going again hopefully twice this year!
Absolutely 1980´s time machine. Love it.
Great video. It's too bad it doesn't go anywhere that you can't walk just as easily. Worked and played downtown my whole life, and never used it. I only know of one person who used to park at a surface lot and ride it to the Joe for hockey games. I know it was originally supposed to go from the city, to the suburbs, and be used as a commuter. It was under-funded for that purpose and instead it only goes around in a small circle.
It was fine going from say Greektown to the Joe. I use to do that. And it beats walking in the winter time.
I notice there's only one track! Is there a huge factory on one end that manufactures trains at the rate of one train every 15 minutes or so? And a huge junk yard at the other end full of abandoned trains?
Hungry Guy if you look closely at one of the stations, there is a diverging track next to it. I believe that is where they enter a yard of sorts.
EDIT: Michigan Ave. and Times Square stations.
It looks like a mini Vancouver Skytrain! But wow are those stations ever close together, as close as bus stops almost. After 7:10 the next station is like less than a block away, it looks like maybe 50-60 metres away tops.
I love that it shows the arena
This is so relaxing thank you.
I worked on the J.L Hudsons Building implosion in '98,and the People Mover ran only 15 FEET from the side of the building,and I feared the end of the People Mover when the explosives were detonated!! But the guys from Homrich Construction assured me that the 29 story building would fall STRAIGHT-down without TOUCHING the monorail track!! I lost $20.00 dollars on a wager concerning this,as this 436 foot building fell down without contact with the track!! Only reason the People Mover was shut-down after the implosion,was that there was a 100 foot pile of rubble there for nearly a week,and every now and again,a chunk of debris would roll off of this pile onto the track,forcing a temporary halt in operations!! I commonly take the People Mover from Greektown to the Ren Cen,then chill out at the G.M Wintergarden!!
La Ghost Mover
Double the lanes so it can go on both directions. The politicians who made the People mover, this way, possible are idiots.
Allard Freichmann I guess there wasn’t enough space for 2 rail tho.
@@zForce4 Then I would say do it right or don't do it at all! :D
So this thing is really useless for most of the people...
WitheredForce4 maybe they could just do it underground
Amazing! I really want to ride this. Thanks for making this video!
I made a playlist for this video:
"People Moover" - A Guy Called Gerald
"Gates of the Afterlife" - Claude Young
"Change (Mike Huckaby Remix)" - Norm Talley
All 3 Artists were inspired by the city we see here.
L VX Squarepusher - Detroit People Mover
Resembles Vancouver BC's SkyTrain. Except it's just single track and only runs one way
Kerro Guano it's the exact same system as used in Vancouver, except theses are Mark I cars from the 80s which Vancouver is phasing out.
zivan56 they should phase em out. Too small get crowded and jammed up easily. The much newer models that are interconnected are better. Those mark I cars are in circulation more and more these days. Believe me I ride the Vancouver SkyTrain a lot . I keep boarding a mark I every time I depart Surrey. They may be phasing those out, if they really are it's a really slow process
2:35 I think I might cry 🥺🥺🥺
Edit: 3:23 SO BEUTIFULLLLL
I want to take a vacay to Detroit and ride this. Also go to Comerica Park.
4:03 The Station is now renamed to West Riverfront Station.
2:53 - is that Windsor?
I'm building this in minecraft. Wish me some luck!
this train is same to the vancuver sky train
Its romantic, apocaliptical, futuristic, posmodern beautifull place.
Greetings to this inspiration great city called Detroit michigan
Scarborough Line copy?
that was neat, and you could see trucks and vehicles on the roads below… do some people still live there then?
yes, the population is 672 thousand in detroit
Great video! I love the motor city!
5:37 The Station is now renamed to Convention Center. Or it could just be an abbreviation of Convention.
Very Cool Ride!! of Detroit down town!!
Great video and good job with keeping the camera steady! How did you keep a phone so steady? In my area, we have the world's first PRT in Morgantown, WV. Thanks for the ride. I liked it so much, I had to like and subscribe.
It's seemed Ghost town rather than Downtown.
You have no idea just how bad Detroit once was.
Andrew Leonard how?
The majority of buildings on that People Mover route were vacant at one time.
I think that Alex Lo means Ghost town as in empty and desolate rather than spooky and crime-ridden. This looks like it was recorded on a Sunday morning: hardly any cars or pedestrians.
Samuel Jackson Detroit is a very low density city inside a big city. I think people are surprised how quiet Detroit is at times because it's often viewed as a big city. but when a city of once 2 million becomes only 600,000-700,000 people today, many neighbourhoods have been left empty. There are pockets of neighbourhoods here and there like separate Islands with not much in between. Could take decades to get the density of a large city back into Detroit. It Will take a lot of work.
Why is it going backwards? They change it?
They changed it in 2008.
They change direction every few years. It helps prevent excessive wear.
why UTDC ICTS slow down and speeds up for bit & it goes slow around water to Arena
For some strange reason, I feel like I'm a robot trying to find Jericho. That's odd, because Jericho is in the Middle East, not the US...
"Good morning, and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System. The time is 8:47 am."
They stole the Toronto subway ding
I’m going there next month!
Great video! I've never been to Detroit, but the downtown area looks really nice!
People must be afraid what if this train falls off the tracks and what have you.
Dolly Valdes
your the one who said the trains look grotesque.
Probably the cleanest rapid transit system on the planet
Empty lol... that’s crazy
What do you mean? For Detroit, that was packed!
You only pay 1 dollar to ride this
How many people movers do they have running ?
Pretty sure their fleet is 12 vehicles but I doubt all of them get used
This video is more fun at 2X speed.
Is the City of Détroit seriously using the trains that Vancouver is phasing out? I don't think this type of train is even in production any more. Any just two-cart trains on mostly-single tracks? That's a big chunk of money for something that'll play a severely limited role in expanding public transit.
P.S. The jingle is sooooooo TTC.
cedricmeallan
A new system of hybrid electric trolleys is starting to go in called the QLine. the first loop runs along Woodward between downtown and the New Center area. For 60% of the run it runs on batteries, a pure EV, then it recharges during the other 40% using an overhead power line.
The voice announcer sounds like one of these old see and say toy.
Ummm, maybe if they created lines that reached out to other parts of the city and use the existing one as a loop like in Chicago, maybe ridership would increase...
cool video, nice view. System just useless tho, it just connects people to and from there car, it really doesn't reach out into the residential neighbourhoods. Untill this is connected to other major train stations, tram lines or Light rail lines that reach much further out into the outter neighbourhoods this thing is pretty much useless. That would be a good start. The city is pretty quiet tho, it's dead quiet on the streets, you also need more population density to make any system have propper ridership.
If they had it go to the new arena/stadiums and other parts of Detroit it would probably get used more but that would cost too much unless Detroit decides to use it. Or at least make it a tourist attraction
I mean you can literally see Comerica Park with Ford Field right behind it just after the Grand Circus Park station, at around 10:50.
Thanks for the footage. Never been to Dey-trois but doing research on feasibility of living there. Public trans is a BIG deterrent. And so sad too. With the excitement of building this system in the '80s..to the dysfunction of it now..and the collapse of the city itself...it is rather dystopian, as someone below called it. I'm glad there is a renewal but it's going to take a longg time and the city probably will never be what it was. I've been reading about the inefficiency of the bus routes and lack of real foresight as far as extensive light rail.
I love it!!!😀😀😀😀
I think it is beautiful
Guess the People Mover doesn’t really move people.
Hard to believe this is the only rail all of metro Detroit has.
Not true, the QLine opened in 2017 and it connects to both this and the Detroit Amtrak station.
Its not joe louis arena nomore
If it was on ground level it would be much busier.
The fact that it runs in ONLY. ONE. DIRECTION. makes it useless and thus nobody uses it.
I rode on this! It was cool
Bing! Boom! Bing!.
SAB600
King among ants(traffic below)
I've got a feeling that these are EX Toronto
What People movers see:
The audio is badly out-of-sync.
This is the same system as the Vancouver sky train just way worse
Detroit looks a bit like central Glasgow, spread out over 10 times the area, half the population, expanded vertically, minus the Victorian bits. It doesn't look nearly as bad as portrayed, broken windows must have been photoshopped.
Does remind me a bit of slightly distopian 1980s Science Fiction.
this is an old comment, but i'll respond anyway - this is downtown Detroit. ofc it's gonna be nice. Look at google street view, you'll see how defunct the residential areas look
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