Wayne County lacks a dense regional rail network, so transit-oriented zoning is limited, with the QLINE streetcar serving Detroit's Woodward corridor and SMART buses running suburb-to-suburb without a county-level density bonus tied to transit access.
Robust transit-oriented development zoning exists in some U.S. metros but is modest in Wayne County. The QLINE streetcar runs only on Detroit's Woodward Avenue between downtown and New Center, and Detroit's TOD-style overlays focus on that corridor, not the broader county. SMART provides suburb-to-suburb bus service across Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, but most participating municipalities zone conventionally without a height or density bonus tied to bus stops. DDOT operates Detroit-only buses. There is no Wayne County density-bonus ordinance for transit access, and outer townships often discourage multifamily near major roads.
Because TOD-specific rules are largely absent at the county level, enforcement runs through the host city's standard zoning provisions.
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