Last month 29 Wayne State urban planning students interviewed business owners, researched legislation and statistics about Woodward to produce a report on what the thoroughfare needs to succeed. Robin Boyle, professor of urban planning, led the student's in their project. He said there were different opinions about Woodward's needs, but many were interested in the same few items: the need for mass transit; increased pedestrian safety; and a unifying authority. "They (business owners) felt that modernized transit would be an incentive for people to use their stores, that came out clearly," Boyle said.