In 1997, Seattle voters approved a monorail transit system to be built across the city. Beginning as a cab driver's dream and growing into a major civic proj...
  • e_t_
    8•8 months ago

    I hear those things are awfully loud

    • @lewdian69English
      11•8 months ago

      It glides as softly as a cloud

    • @kalkulatEnglish
      4•8 months ago

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

  • sleet01English
    4•8 months ago

    More like “How Martin Selig Destroyed the Monorail”…

  • @InucuneEnglish
    2•8 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.

  • SeaJEnglish
    1•8 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.