fwiw - Singpore has a monorail along with a cable car and bridge to connect the "mainland" to the resort island of Sentosa.. it's *very* smooth to ride :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM, tom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tfreeman@intel.digichem.net">tfreeman@intel.digichem.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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As for monorail, off the top of my head I am aware of only about three<br>
monorail systems in non-amusement park use worldwide. I think that there<br>
is one inside a German city that is running at about 60 years of age now,<br>
and remains viable. I get the impression that they are most viable inside<br>
an established city, but I could well be very wrong.<br>
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Light rail (dedicated trackage for street car style cars) here is<br>
Charlotte seems to be working out well in its first 14 mile developement.<br>
While I recognize the problem of labor bottlenecks, I'm also extremely<br>
tired of five lanes of parking. It's like all the drivers go on strike at<br>
the same time...<br><br></blockquote></div>