QLINE trolley opens along Woodward Avenue

Detroit-area residents and officials gathered at Grand Circus Park May 12 to celebrate the opening of the QLINE trolley system on Woodward Avenue. Those in Detroit can now ride the 3.3-mile track that leads from Grand Boulevard in midtown to Congress Street, next to the Detroit RiverWalk. A grand opening ceremony took place with speakers that included Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Wayne County Executive Warren Evans, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, U.S. Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow, as well as U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell and Brenda Lawrence and several other supporters and administrators of the new “M-1 Rail.” “The advantage of this line is it brings people to the core of the city,” said Lawrence. “The economic development this allows and encourages will be the start of something big.”