東京モノレール 昭和島駅 tokyo monorail at showa-jima stop

[CooLDsteR]

I think it's all about location. If an area is really flat, not dense by any standard, and good visibility, light rail makes more sense. But if we're talking about a dense area, like Seattle and esp. Tokyo, monorail is by far the smartest option.

In the 60's Tokyo set the standard for dense urban mass transit w/ MR. The mystery is really why, in the past 4 decades, we here in the US haven't caught on... which is actually a little embarassing.

[RocketRodder]

This is noice. We Americans could sure learn a thing or three from you all, when it comes to mass transit. Heh.. I mean.. The concept is awesome!

[Bobbyp451]

Well I'm sure that in the 60's when this line was finished it was very futuristic but the fact is, over 1.5 billion passengers on these rails here and not one fatal accident... light and heavy conventional rail can't say that!

[vega7689]

hmmmmm well............ guess its nice but not as futurestic as i once hoped

[RocketRodder]

Yeah, you're looking for the tube transportation systems, huh. XP