SATURDAY

Art, History & Oddities of The Detroit People Mover

Where: Begins at Greektown People Mover Station, corner of Beaubien Blvd. and Monroe St. When: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Cost: $31 (Book your ticket at the Detroit History Tours link below.)

Presented by: Detroit History Tours in association with the Michigan Chapter Congress for the New Urbanism

The Detroit People Mover is the city’s much-maligned conversation piece of an incomplete public transit system in downtown Detroit. Providing 2,413,414 rides in 2015 (and 268,900 in 2020), it hides secrets, fantastic art, heritage sites, and even a three hundred-year-old artifact throughout its 2.9-mile loop. The People Mover is a driverless, fully-automated, rapid transit line that travels a one-way loop through the heart of the City. The total round trip time is only 14 minutes- so let's be honest- you’re not traveling that far but the amount you’ll learn will leave you shocked, awed, and happily proclaiming “all hail the DPM”. On this hour and a half tour, you’ll see millions of dollars of artwork that was included in the 13 stations after one woman's successful quest to save Detroit from cookie cutter identical stations. You'll learn why the train originally ran clockwise, see the man who has spent the last three decades reading the exact same paper, and finally, understand why Detroit has its very own Times Square. We hope you'll come along and leave with a whole new appreciation for the historic Detroit People Mover.

Walking Tour Downtown

Where: Tour starts at SIREN HOTEL,1509 Broadway When: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Presented by: Michigan Chapter Congress for the New Urbanism

It’s a Better Cities Film Festival tradition:  The Annual Unofficial State of the City: A Walking Tour of Downtown Detroit by Mark Nickita. Explore Detroit’s extraordinary comeback – and the challenges and opportunites that lie ahead – with one of Detroit’s most passionate urbanists.

More Better Design Charrette

Where: Cinema Detroit, 4126 3rd Ave. When: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (see daily schedule).

Presented by: Pontiac Holonomy Incubator

PHINCO is operational in the unfolding “Michigan Central Innovation District” and looking forward to enjoining “More Better” elements and participation in this annual flagship Better Cities Film Festival in Detroit.

Our Design Charrette Studio Workshop uses our “Digital Visual CoDesign & Sensemaking” process & Mural platform. This combines Design Thinking & Systems Thinking to bring about deepened creative understandings and artifacts. Join us!

Saturday Night After Party

Where: Candy Bar, Siren Hotel When: 10:30 PM and later

Cocktails at the Candy Bar Friday night after screening. Join fellow filmmakers, festival attendees and the festival producers for a night of old Hollywood ambience in the heart of the downtown Detroit.

IMPORTANT: RESERVE A SPOT for any time after 10:30 PM using the supplied link to guarantee entry: https://resy.com/cities/det/1858?date=2022-10-22&seats=2