By Aaron Mondry
Model D
Detroit is and always will be the Motor City, but it has shown in recent years that it has plenty of room for other modes of transportation.
A decade ago, Detroit hardly had any bike lanes and lacked most other features of a non-motorized transportation system. The term greenway was foreign to most Detroiters save for a handful of planners and funders with big plans for new paths along the Detroit River and derelict railroad rights of way.
Since then, however, the number of non-motorized transit options has increased significantly in the city thanks to transit advocacy groups and willing partners in city and state government. Today there are over 170 miles of bike lanes throughout the city of Detroit.
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