Detroit People Mover, QLINE among downtown's public transit options for 2024 NFL draft

Detroit Free Press

More than 100,000 people are expected to descend on downtown Detroit this week as the 2024 NFL draft comes to town Thursday through Saturday. Parking near the event will be a challenge at best, so visitors may be looking for other ways to get around downtown.

Detroit has multiple public transportation options to get around downtown. The city has a streetcar, an elevated rail system, bike share and bus system to get you where you need to go.

Among the options:

The Detroit People Mover, which will operate 24 hours a day from 7 a.m. Thursday through midnight Saturday.

The QLINE runs along Woodward Avenue. It will operate for free with increased frequency from Grand Boulevard to Sproat Street during the draft.

Also available:

Bus service: SMART will have park-and-ride services from various points in metro Detroit, including Great Lakes Crossing, several Meijer store locations and Oakland County Community College. It also has its FAST service on Gratiot, Woodward and Michigan Avenue. DDOT services will operate with modified downtown routes because of road closures.

Shuttles and drop-offs: There will be designated shuttle and ride-share drop-off points throughout downtown on Woodward, Jefferson, and Fort Street. Detroit Air Xpress, or DAX, is a nonstop coach bus service connecting downtown Detroit to Detroit Metro Airport, and D2A2 is an express coach bus that connects downtown Detroit to downtown Ann Arbor.

Fan shuttle locations:

Hours: 11 a.m.- 12:30 a.m. Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday

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