The Structural Economic Expansion in Detroit (SEED) mass transit system is an easily expandable, two-level, elevated mag-lev system meant to connect Detroit with the surrounding economies in Pontiac and Ann Arbor. The system was designed to revitalize the city of Detroit, reduce urban sprawl and create tightly organized communities around the transit stops.

“…represents an interesting study into how design thinking can be brought to mass transit systems making them easier to deploy, more user-centered and more environmentally minded. The designers also pose an interesting hypothesis into the role that these systems can play in connecting and growing the collective economies of the communities they serve.”

–Ken Musgrave, IDSA, director, industrial design, Dell Inc.

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