The new $13-million Rosa Parks Transit Center in downtown Detroit is the city-owned hub of an intermodal transit system that includes taxis; local, regional, interstate, and international buses; and two nearby stations for the elevated Detroit People Mover. Long-term plans include connecting it to a future light-rail system.
The small, oddly angled site holds several busways; taxi stands; a 27,500-sq-ft terminal building with climate-controlled waiting area, retail services, and transit-police offices; and an eye-catching 73-ft-high canopy of tensioned white fabric.