Opinion: A decade after construction the QLine began, we still need more opportunity for riders

Effective October 1, the QLine is under new management — yet a decade after its construction began the streetcar retains the same characteristics of an example of injustice as a separate and inequitable transportation option. Here in the nation’s largest majority Black city, the QLine advantages primarily residents and suburbanites who live, work, and play in the quickly gentrifying, white and affluent neighborhoods of downtown and Midtown. Referred to as a catalyst for regional transit, the initial private investment bankrolled by local billionaires is now owned and operated as a government entity by the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA).



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