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Cable Car Project between Detroit and Windsor

Sector: Automotive • Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Source: Crain's Detroit Business

Project
Cancelled

The cable car project aimed to connect Detroit and Windsor with enclosed, heated passenger cars. Initially proposed in the 1960s, it gained renewed interest in 1985 but faced financial challenges and was never realized.

Status
Failure
Sector
Automotive, Cable car
Location
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Crain's Detroit Business

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The project “Cable Car Project between Detroit and Windsor” is an infrastructure initiative in the Automotive sector, located in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Crain's Detroit Business.

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Cancelled

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Failure

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2026-07-22

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The cable car project aimed to connect Detroit and Windsor with enclosed, heated passenger cars. Initially proposed in the 1960s, it gained renewed interest in 1985 but faced financial challenges and was never realized.

Original sector

Transportation

Budget

Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

Michigan

City

Detroit

Source

Source

Crain's Detroit Business

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Sector

Automotive, Cable car

Article published date

2025-02-28

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