This isn't the answer to Detroit's public transportation woes.
But it's interesting, nonetheless.
Jennifer Chambers of the Detroit News reports:
Water taxis zipping up and down the Detroit River and trolley buses humming along the riverfront could be the next legs in the city's expanding transit system.
It's an idea being pushed by the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy, which is preparing to raise $3 million to fund a transportation system that is part water taxi, part trolley and operates exclusively along the river in Detroit.
The conservancy, a nonprofit that has transformed the city's riverfront into a pedestrian-friendly place, hired Michigan-based Freshwater Transit, a transit planning and management firm, to study the feasibility of a mixed-use system.