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Originally Posted by Jasoncw
According to SEMCOG and the census, downtown is by far the biggest single employment area in the region. According to various office market reports, downtown is the biggest, highest quality, and most expensive major office submarket in metro Detroit. There are no numbers which support any other single place as being bigger.
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I don't think this is true, and you're missing the point. The highest office rents are likely Birmingham, the largest concentration of office space is likely Southfield. Downtown Detroit has a tiny share of regional employment, especially professional employment.
But the larger point is that the region is extremely decentralized, so fixed transit is highly questionable. And congestion is almost entirely in east-west directionals in Oakland County, not directionals headed in and out of Detroit.
But all that said, Woodward is, by far, the most viable route for fixed transit. Detroit-Ann Arbor makes no sense. People don't live in AA and commute to Detroit, or vice-versa, and if they did, they don't encounter congestion anyways, and there aren't walkable activity/employment centers along the route as with Woodward.