I've got a lot of respect for the turnaround of Detroit. I visited there as a kid in the early 2000's and MAN it was a rough city. It looks to be turning around but seems to be in a similar state to Jax with a little bit more notoriety/fame and economic power behind it. Detroit's fall from grace was much farther than Jax's considering Jax never quite rose to the height that Detroit did during the post-WWII auto boom.
It's funny to see that we have a very comparable ridership on our people mover, too. Skyway is about 5,000/day, the article lists Detroit's as 5,300. Seems like monorails seem to work best in Disney and MCO. What about Central Florida makes monorails so much more attractive? /s