Detroit's QLine will continue to offer free rides through Labor Day. A spokesman for streetcar operator M-1 Rail confirms the Kresge Foundation is funding the extended free ride period. Initially, M-1 Rail offered free rides as a launch weekend promotion when the QLine opened to the public in May. The free rides were extended another week, and then extended again through the month of June, with a $1.50 fare originally expected to go into effect on July 1.
According to M-1 Rail spokesman Dan Lijana, this new round of free ride extensions comes as M-1 Rail tweaks its operating procedures — the QLine's launch has not been without kinks, with users noting long wait times for cars and a buggy predicted wait time system.…