
Detroit's People Mover will stop moving downtown workers and visitors for 11 weeks starting in September while the city replaces about 7,000 feet of rail on the 37-year-old elevated train. The rail set for replacement makes up about 20% of the 2.9 miles of track on the People Mover route, according to the Detroit Transportation Corporation, the agency that operates the system. The work will take place on nine curves and adjacent straight track. The city estimates the project will cost nearly $5 million, using federal and state grant funds....