MOTOR CITY WHEELCHAIR MOBILITY
To maximize your time or simply save your energy, the QLINE, Detroit’s free streetcar, runs along Woodward for 3.3 miles from a point near the Detroit River to the New Center area.
It has
accessible seating near its doors, and each boarding station has a gently
ramped boarding platform so the streetcar can be rolled onto directly with no
worries about broken lifts or driver-activated ramps.
As a lifetime Detroiter and an ADA coordinator for Disability Network Wayne
County Detroit, Jaime Junior is no stranger to the QLINE and the dos and don’ts
of accessing the urban core.
Junior, who
has cerebral palsy, notes that while the QLINE is a great amenity, sometimes
its tracks can interfere with crosswalks when they are not well maintained.
She also
urges caution traversing crosswalks, as a surprising number of them are riddled
with manhole covers.
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