[ale] [OT]atlanta beltway need this!!!

[Warren Myers]

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
:)

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM, tom <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:

>
> As for monorail, off the top of my head I am aware of only about three
> monorail systems in non-amusement park use worldwide. I think that there
> is one inside a German city that is running at about 60 years of age now,
> and remains viable. I get the impression that they are most viable inside
> an established city, but I could well be very wrong.
>
> Light rail (dedicated trackage for street car style cars) here is
> Charlotte seems to be working out well in its first 14 mile developement.
> While I recognize the problem of labor bottlenecks, I'm also extremely
> tired of five lanes of parking. It's like all the drivers go on strike at
> the same time...
>
>
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