article_snippet: Detroit, built largely on the auto ownership dream, tore up Detroit streetcar system in the 1950s.
article_snippet: Detroit today has no subway or tram system outside a 3-mile elevated loop that serves only downtown.
article_snippet: And while construction has begun on a light rail, Detroit will connect only the thriving downtown and Midtown areas, not reach into the hardest-hit neighborhoods.
article_snippet: As Detroit financial state worsened, Detroit had reduced bus service on some routes and eliminated others.