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How Seattle Rejected the Monorail (www.youtube.com)
submitted 5 months ago by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/seattle@lemmy.world
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[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I hear those things are awfully loud

[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It glides as softly as a cloud

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Ask the people of Vancouver, BC ... they've had a 50-mile 'Skytrain' since 1985. The 2023 ridership was 141 Million.

[–] sleet01@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

More like "How Martin Selig Destroyed the Monorail"...

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I find it hard to believe that a monorail has any benefit a standard rail line doesn't offer. Light rail can be designed for passenger only, or have restricted freight.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I laughed when the original pan advertised being able to hit 60 mph. I remember the push to get it to Ballard back in the early 2000s. I knew it would not be going anywhere.