I was driving downtown to the City Market [very peaceful] and was happy to find Michigan Ave open. The drive after Frandor and 127 was very smooth with 2 lanes going west and a left turn lane and one east which seemed OK but this needs to be very well marked as it is different. The sidewalks look good they go right up to the businesses front doors. So, they are much wider, seems like a lot of tree spaces which will help a lot. Of course, they cut down all the trees, so it looks a little bleak right now. It is interesting to note the view goes all the way down to the Skyview with no trees. I also saw that a new business moved into the closed brewery on E Michigan, which is another brewery. I bet those on the avenue are very happy.
I read an artical online LSJ which talked about new passenger train routes in Michigan. I remember this idea was brought up a while back, the route from Detroit to Traverse City seemed to be the one that has some chance of happening soon with other routes like Detroit to Lansing and on to Grand Rapids also talked about but "these things take time" with 2030 as a goal. That would be so cool if actually happened. I am not expecting Washington to help much with train travel for the next four years maybe Michigan could get the Brightline company to build the new lines.
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