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	Detroit People Mover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Detroit People Mover is a 2.9 mile (4.6 km) driverless, fully-automated rapid transit system operating in a single-track, one-way loop through downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States.
		The People Mover is the only local rail in Detroit with the closure of the one-mile trolley line in 2003.
		Detroit's close ties to the automobile industry are seen as the cause of its lack of convenient mass transit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Detroit_People_Mover (508 words)

	A son of Detroit Indeed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick doesn't seem to realize there are a lot of people in the city who want to feel the same sense of security as he does.
		The mayor owes the people of Detroit an explanation for this arrogant and insensitive outrage.
		Detroit's Mayor needs a reality check so that he can see what a shit hole he presides over and that unless he provides the hard working men and women of Detroit with some real solutions to the problems that he helps fester he will be out of office come next election cycle.
	www.liberalscum.com /kwame.html (918 words)

	BAMN Program to Resolve the Crisis of the Detroit Public Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In rejecting proposal E the people of Detroit effectively rejected not only the organizational system of the takeover but the policies that the takeover system was introduced in order to impose - undermining the principle of public education in order to replace public schools with charter schools and privatization.
		The crisis of the Detroit schools is an expression of the crisis of the public schools of Southeast Michigan.
		The students of Detroit have set an example that should be followed by the students of the surrounding school districts in leading the fight for equal, quality education for all.
	www.bamn.com /doc/2005/050202-prog-resolve-crisis-dps.asp (637 words)

	Detroit and Black Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Detroit now has people who also drank and was on welfare, they sometimes cause their own trouble like the riots 1967.
		People believe that Detroit in the 90’s is a corrupted city, but the people of Detroit don’t tend to agree.
		People tend to believe that Detroit cops are no good crocked cops who kill and steal from the people of Detroit.
	www.msu.edu /~oputanke/Detroit.html (1212 words)

	The American Experience \| Eleanor Roosevelt \| People & Events \| Detroit Race Riots 1943
		As the nation's most important production center during the Second World War, the city of Detroit was popularly known as the "arsenal of democracy." The city's overwhelmingly industrial landscape had been rapidly expanding since the manufacturing boom of the post-Civil War era.
		In 1943 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held an emergency war conference in Detroit and accused the nation of its hypocritical commitment to personal freedoms abroad and discrimination and segregation at home.
		The German-controlled Vichy radio broadcasted that the riot revealed "the internal disorganization of a country torn by social injustice, race hatreds, regional disputes, the violence of an irritated proletariat, and the gangsterism of a capitalistic police." point the finger in the opposite direction.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/eleanor/peopleevents/pande10.html (1178 words)

	Detroit downtown peoplemover, advanced automated urban transit
		The Detroit downtown peoplemover opened shortly after the Miami Metromover.It has been in operation since July, 1987 over a 2.9 mile (4.67 km) loop that includes 13 passenger stations.
		Both the Miami and Detroit circulators have utilized relatively large capacity and expensive automated technologies that are quite costly to build, operate, maintain and extend.
		One aspect of the Detroit system that is especially worthy of note is the art work that is part of every station.
	faculty.washington.edu /~jbs/itrans/detroit.htm (666 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Forget New York and L.A.: Some people prefer Detroit
		DETROIT – When Matt Jaimes' employers announced they were closing the company's Washington office, they told him he could move to any of their other locations in about a dozen major cities around the country.
		From 1995 to 2000, 402,576 people moved out of the Detroit metropolitan area – 49 percent more than moved into the region in the same period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
		Some Detroit boosters concede they might feel differently about the city if they had children and schools were a factor.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040603-0042-detroitdevotees.html (513 words)

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		Among people 16 to 19 years old, 23 percent were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school.
		The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 11 percent of people 5 to 20 years old, to 20 percent of people 21 to 64 years old, and to 54 percent of those 65 and older.
		Eighty percent of the people employed were Private wage and salary workers; 16 percent were Federal, state, or local government workers; and 4 percent were Self-employed.
	www.census.gov /acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2000/C2SS/Narrative/060/np06000us2616322000.inc (1126 words)

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		For people reporting one race alone, 74 percent were White; 21 percent were Black or African American; less than 0.5 percent were American Indian and Alaska Native; 3 percent were Asian; less than 0.5 percent were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 1 percent were Some other race.
		Most of the nonfamily households were people living alone, but some were comprised of people living in households in which no one was related to the householder.
		Among people 16 to 19 years old, 7 percent were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school.
	www.census.gov /acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2001/SS01/Narrative/380/np38000us2162.inc (1204 words)

	Rearview Mirror - Notable People
		Jeanne (Robinson) Omelenchuk's speed skating victory in the 1948 Detroit News City Championships was all it took to give the 17-year-old senior from Detroit's Southeastern High School the racing bug.
		Detroit was the site of magician Harry Houdini's most reknowned death-defying exploit - and his death.
		For most of his 36 years as mayor of the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, the late Orville L. Hubbard (1903-82) was known as the most outspoken segregationist north of the Mason-Dixon line.
	info.detnews.com /history/index.cfm?action=categories&category=people (553 words)

	To the Chagrin of Detroit, Top 10 No Longer - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Detroit People Mover crossed the intersection of Bagley and Clifford in downtown Wednesday.
		Detroit, the Motor City, is the hub of the American auto industry and a microcosm of the nation's declining industrial base.
		Detroit has clung to its position on the list of the 10 most populous cities since the 2000 census when it first dropped below 1 million people.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/06/30/national/30census.html?ex=1277784000&en=f53419fb22432b7b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (1136 words)

	Detroit Medical Center - People's Medical College
		With heart disease being the #1 killer of people over 45 in Detroit and Wayne County, knowing how the heart functions can mean the difference between life and death.
		People of all ages can have joint pain, causing loss of mobility and muscle weakness.
		Many people suffer from poor circulation, but have no idea what it really means.
	www.dmc.org /peoplesmedcollege (612 words)

	Detroit
		In the city of Detroit, in the places left by the auto industry, where people, almost all fl people, live their lives on the sidewalks and street corners, the culture of the automobile has left as well.
		I was riding for reasons different than those that drove Tommy and all the other people in Detroit to ride their bicycles on those streets.
		The people in Detroit riding because they had no other way to get where they were going, or because they were answering a missionary calling, were riding for reasons different than mine.
	www.english.wayne.edu /People/faculty/marbackr/Detroit.htm (1321 words)

	UMUDWORK at TAUBMAN COLLEGE of Architecture and Urban Planning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The concepts were developed by teams consisting of nationally renowned architects, landscape architects, planners, and developers who worked with Michigan faculty and students, and Cass Tech architecture students to provide the city with free ideas for the future of this vital waterfront asset.
		The east riverfront is a magnificent opportunity for Detroit to create a vibrant and exciting attraction for the city and the region.
		People living, working, shopping, and learning in the new development will help populate the riverfront by making approaching streets feel safe, inviting, and interesting—thus increasing the number of riverfront visitors.
	www.caup.umich.edu /ud/work/charrette2003.html (641 words)

	UM Detroit Observatory People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Detroit Observatory is an important physical legacy of the University's early scientific preeminence and of Tappan's efforts to create a research university.
		was a prominent lawyer in Detroit involved in the early organization and construction of the railroad in Michigan.
		The round painting of the Detroit Observatory at the top corner of this website was painted by Jasper Francis Cropsey of the Hudson River School of artists.
	www.detroitobservatory.umich.edu /People.html (809 words)

	Fifth Avenue Billiards - Royal Oak, MI, 48067 - Citysearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nineteen pool tables, drinks, live music and people dressed to dance the night away.
		As the night goes on the area overflows with people.
		Detroit Red Wings players have been known to stop by--the Stanley Cup made an appearance during the championship reign.
	detroit.citysearch.com /E/V/DETMI/0009/95/44/cs1.html (305 words)

	Detroit People Mover
		I highly recommend a ride on Detroit's People Mover as it offers a stunning view of the downtown area, good and bad, that will not hide the promise and struggle facing our city.
		The key link in establishing mass transit into the downtown area, it was to be the hub of a radiating light rail mass transit system.
		If you come to Detroit, make sure the first thing you do is ride the people mover around for a couple of laps.
	detroityes.com /rise/41rbpmover.htm (198 words)

	The other people mover (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In his attempts to set parameters for using rickshaws in Detroit, he noticed that two other industrious people had already petitioned the city for an ordinance; he added his.
		He has a fixation on providing Detroit with an environmentally friendly option and a means for a pleasant “strolling” tour of its historic buildings.
		Christensen works as an energy educator for WARM (Weatherization and Retrofit Maintenance) Training Center of Detroit (warmtraining.org), a nonprofit operating in the Detroit area for more than 20 years, instructing residents on weatherization, sustainable energy and basic construction skills.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=8149 (1053 words)

	No room (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One has to with the fact that there are a lot of people who are HIV-positive but don’t know it and a lot of people who feel the housing they have is adequate though I see it as horribly inappropriate.
		And that is a much bigger concern because we know that the number of available beds for people in Detroit in the past five to 10 years has not grown — it has actually decreased.
		They also were in a situation where out of necessity they were putting two to three people into a bedroom and we’ve never done that, and we aren’t going to go to bunk beds today.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=124 (1169 words)

	Detroit Synergy - People. Projects. Possibilities.
		Detroit Synergy Group is a non-profit, project-based coalition of Detroit and metro-area residents dedicated to working across age, gender, racial, geographic and cultural boundaries to create initiatives that realize a living, working and vibrant Detroit.
		who share a vision for Detroit and believe there are thousands of people who, if given the opportunity, could bring their vision of a Detroit alive and awaken the potential of one of the world's most misunderstood metropolises.
		As more and more people come together and add their vision and voice to the collective whole, then the synergy of our combined efforts and ideas will add towards realizing a living, working and vibrant Detroit.
	detroitsynergy.org (475 words)

	Detroit Working People's Association - Welcome!
		The central focus of the gathering, which was also a social gathering of members and friends, was to assess the implications of the campaign by Lisa Weltman for Detroit Board of Education.
		From our perspective, as a worldwide organization of working people committed to building a movement for liberation from exploitation and oppression, this unfolding period of conflict ahead has been a long time in the making.
		Many people date this latest assault on working people to the strike by air traffic controllers in 1981 and the success that the government of Ronald Reagan had in breaking it.
	www.geocities.com /detroitwpa (563 words)

	Detroit Red Wings
		Long before the city exploded into a sea of brooms, octopi and homemade Stanley Cups, before the city was drenched in red and white, the people of Detroit longed for a hockey team they could call their own.
		No other teams in Detroit were near championship status at the time, and being successful in anything in the days of the Depression helped take the people’s minds off of hard times.
		Detroit went on to beat the Avalanche during the playoffs and sailed into the Stanley Cup finals once again, but this time with a different perspective on winning: one game at a time.
	www-atdp.berkeley.edu /2030/msun/redwings1.html (3051 words)

	The Nation, 05/08/1920 - The People Win in Detroit by Barkley, Frederick R.
		When nearly sixty-four per cent of Detroit, Michigan's voting citizens marked their ballots on April 5 for a city-owned traction system, they won two notable victories.
		In the six weeks preceding the election, the city was the battleground for the nation in a test of strength between organized privilege and the public weal.
		...The reason Detroit has proceeded toward complete municipal ownership by approval of a competing system is part of the story of its long fight to regain control of its own streets from a private monopoly...
	www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v110i2862_04.htm (1854 words)

	Document Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To appreciate the meaning of Detroit Summer, it is important to recognize that Detroit is a Movement city.
		Young people in Detroit today need this kind of Freedom Schooling as much as the children in Mississippi needed it forty years ago.
		Detroit schools produce addicts and potential prison inmates because they teach passivity when what our children and young people need most is a sense of themselves as change agents and decision-makers.
	www.boggscenter.org /ds2001mc.htm (507 words)

	Detroit Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		Founded in 1701 as "la Ville d'Etroit" -- the city at the straits -- it was once a strategic Native American and French trading post.
		While Motown and Motor City are the nicknames that stick in people's minds, Detroit is also one of the world's busiest inland ports, a major steel producer, and a leader in the production of office equipment, paint, salt, garden seeds, and pharmaceuticals.
		The Detroit River is linked by 25 steamship companies to more than 40 countries; vessels ranging from ocean-going freighters to private yachts dock in the city's protected harbor.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=detroit@58 (294 words)

	500 Dead People leaving Detroit every Year (Most Liberal City continues Death Spiral) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		What made Detroit's experience so stark was the lack of regional planning and the ease with which developments were able to incorporate into new cities in order to avoid sharing their tax revenue with the city, said Margaret Dewar, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan."
		We have the same governmental makeup as Detroit has, only we have a city mayor and a county mayor, one with a city council and the other a county commission.
		They did not leave Detroit, they fled from a crime infested, drug infested war zone that posed a danger to themselves and their children.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1465022/posts (2523 words)

	Crain's Detroit Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Communicate with the many people who visited Detroit from outside of Michigan to find out if they might entertain opening branch offices or outlets in Detroit.
		Such a corporation would be indispensable for rebuilding Detroit’s 138.7 square miles on a scale and pace never before attempted.
		People were seeing Detroit in a positive manner from all over the country.
	www.crainsdetroit.com /cgi-bin/department.pl?departmentId=66 (1217 words)

	Abandoning NOLA, revised - Common Monkeyflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		My suggestion that New Orleans ought to be relocated wholesale to Detroit isn't particularly serious.
		Going home, though, involves waiting months for the levees to be repaired, the city to be pumped out, the cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis threats to subside, etc, and that's for the people whose homes won't have to be rebuilt entirely.
		In the early 1940s, there was a large migration/relocation of people from Kentucky to Ypsi to work at the bomber plants at Willow Run.
	www.commonmonkeyflower.net /blog?postid=76 (497 words)

	People Mover, Detroit, MI
		The People Mover is a monorail that goes around the downtown Detroit area with stops at each district.
		People Mover The People Mover is an overhead tramway that loops around Detroit’s downtown area.
		Detroit has no subway or metro system except a little elevated "rail" loop traveling around the downtown area.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Michigan/Detroit-809448/Transportation-Detroit-People_Mover-R-1.html (569 words)

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