The Metro: A look at public transit history and where it's headed in Detroit - WDET 101.9 FM

The Metro: A look at public transit history and where it's headed in Detroit - WDET 101.9 FM

For a good chunk of the 20th century, railcars took Detroiters from point A to point B.  Along Gratiot and Grand River, people didn’t even own cars. They were too expensive, but there was also no reason to because streetcars crisscrossed Detroit and even went out to places like Port Huron and Ann Arbor.  In 2025, new cars are really expensive, car insurance is very costly, and public transit is worse today than it was 100 years ago. Today on The…