Free rides offered Nov. 24 to Detroit, Hamtramck, Ferndale and Royal Oak shopping areas

A free shuttle service will take shoppers to business districts in Detroit, Ferndale, Hamtramck and Royal Oak on the day after Thanksgiving.

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Motown Downtowns, a transit collaboration between the four cities to spur economic development, is sponsoring the event. The free shuttle will run every 20 minutes or so, largely along the Woodward corridor, and riders will get discount coupons to shops on Woodward in Royal Oak, Ferndale and Detroit.

"The beauty of this pilot project is that it gives people a way to see all the great stuff that's in these cities and really highlight the best that each community has to offer," said Geneva Williams, president and CEO of City Connect Detroit, a nonprofit that works to secure funding for regional partnerships.

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