The PBS documentary "Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City" argues that Detroit can come back but not unless mass transit is addressed.
Model D attended a preview screening of the documentary, and it is a balanced, well done picture of the state of the city and its mass transit. Most striking is footage of downtown Detroit in more prosperous times.
The film debuts nationally on PBS (Channel 56 locally) at 10 p.m. Feb. 8.
Excerpt from a Freep story on the documentary:
Detroit's revival could hinge on marshaling industry heritage away from automobiles to designing and building more efficient and high-speed rail and mass transit for the country.
That's the premise of a PBS documentary "Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City," a 90-minute film scheduled to air nationwide Feb. 8 on public television stations. ...
The city's 20th-Century legacy is centered on the automobile and highways. But other countries are turning to more efficient, cleaner forms of mass transit, which threatens to leave Detroit and the nation behind, said filmmaker Aaron Woolf.
"We need to reconceptualize the American city," said Woolf, 45, who wrote, produced and directed the documentary. "I think Detroit is such a poignant place to tell that story."
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