Seattle Monorail Project

[1goldstar100]

i think they should build the monorail in Los Angeles to re leave traffic!

[zbtbdbdb]

@1goldstar100 ALWEG monorail company offered to build Los Angeles a monorail system for FREE in 1963 and LA said "No thanks, we prefer diesel spewing buses on overcrowded streets."

[TheHuntress144]

cue the simpsons monorail song

[DeckApe85]

"Mono --- D'OH!!"

[FerroviasdeSP]

Ridículo!!!

[FerroviasdeSP]

Nossa é muito feio isto! descaracteriza todo o transporte ferroviario! muito feio! que transporte feioso!

[rotjesenmatjes]

I hate the FACT that those systems like monorails and electric cars are being slowed down by the oil industries..

[watef3]

In US building such public transport will be accused as socialist transport.

[TheEviIOyo]

SMP almost made this town a world class city

[SummerKingdom]

Is there a chance the track could bend?

[Kanshiwtf]

I wish they had these on bart, I hear they are soundless?

[BrunoMontezum]

Here in Sao Paulo we are building two lines of monorail, pioner in South America!

[scottman624]

@BrunoMontezum I work for Bombardier and we are selected as lowest bidder for Sao Paulo monorail. Hope to get the job

[narv2010]

i think someday Seattle will be the second greatest American city (after New york)

[pogularocky]

monorails are nothing but snail versions of roller coasters. LOL

[plogan721]

Caltrain2, thanks for letting me know.

[plogan721]

How much does a Monorail costs to expand it? you would think that WDW would have expand it to the other parks by now (disney Studios, Animal Kingdom, Downtown Disney, and the Water Parks)

[caltrain2]

@plogan721 its costs $ 1m per mile to build the beam and each train cost $5-6m each

[jgoudeau207]

Nothing ages quicker that yesterdays vision of tomorrow.............

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[jgoudeau207]

Space age Kennedy visions are still present to the current trends.

[baserocks206]

I live in seattle, the monorail is garbage. It doesn't go anywhere. just back and forth from seattle center to westlake.

[fletcherhf73]

when i was ther the monorail was broken *sniff* *sniff*

[cancerman50]

Any city that wants tourism should get the Bombraider monorails. Even people that have never been to WDW still recognize them.

[Swagerama]

Seattle Washington was the first city to have a fully operational public Monorail System .

[caltrain2]

i thought it was disneyland's monorail that opened in 1959

[Swagerama]

All I know is when I went to Seattle all the broshures and shit were braging about seattles oldest monorail system.

[caltrain2]

yah it was disneyland's

[21Laser]

Sorry, Wuppertal, Germany beat it by 60 years or so.

[JBofBrisbane]

@21Laser - I would have classified the Wuppertal as an underhung railway system rather than a true monorail. It actually has rails either side of the coach hangers.

[sideslide23]

these Monorail are all built by Bombardier and Shinkansen right?

[rfairman]

The Disney World and Las Vegas trains are Bombardier, most of the other monorails shown were made by Hitachi. Not sure about the Australian and New Jersey systems.

[caltrain2]

von roll and sdi

[caltrain2]

@rfairman new jearsey and australia are von-roll

[melbourneopera]

What is the difference of monorail and maglev? look like they all use the same idea from Magnetism..

[rfairman]

Most monorails, including all the examples shown in the video, roll on tires. You should check out the Technical page at the monorail society web site. ( Link is in the video description )

[sammydenyc]

(reply to melbourneopera)

monorail is simply a train that runs on one rail rather than two.

the maglev is the train that floats above the track using magnetism.

[explosionmonty]

and maglev dont have a motor itself

[sideslide23]

the regular Monorail has a Wheels that stabilize it, the Maglev can be a flat madnetic railway or a Monorail tracks with Magnets that stablelize instead of wheels like the other Monorail, for example Shanghi China has a Maglev works like a monorail accept it runs on Magnets so Shanghi has the world fastest Monorail in th world.

[Starflare5]

@melbourneopera The difference between a maglev and a traditional monorail is that a traditional monorail still uses wheels and tires to guide and move the train, where as a maglev uses a magnetic levitation system and a linear induction motor system to move and guide the train.

[caltrain2]

i cant beleve the forgot disneyland ca its like the origanal

[piman314159265358979]

I'm laughing so hard when I see (quote)coming 2009(quote) on the ad. Oh well, at least we got one little portion of Link finally open!

[h0troddude]

you forgot finland

[Bozewani]

yeah, a monorail metro system would be awesome..

[BoAbkal]

if only they replace all underground with these beauty...

btw i hear seattle is gonna open a skytrain in july 2009 from tacoma al the way to university of seattle.

[piman314159265358979]

They just opened a light rail line from downtown south to Tukwila, ultimately going to the airport by the end of this year.

An extension to the University of Washington will be complete by 2016 and ultimately it will from Everett all the way to Tacoma.

[Apollo580]

Uhhh.... no. Only from The airport to downtown Seattle. In 2016 it'll reach the UW. But it won't reach Tacoma for a long time. Say 40 years from now it might.

[JustAn0bserver]

There was a fire on one train. The guests go through the roof hatch and move to safety. They were assisted down by fire and security personnel. It has only happened once in all the years of monorail operation that, today, it is more a safety excercise than a real time emergency.

Monorail operations are fabulous and one of the safest modes of transport today.

[amtrc]

sopposed the monorail catch a fire how are the piaple going to get off way up there huh a fire truck hook and ladder if they dont be bar-b qued

give me light rail where if a an auto hit's it i can get out of the train

[TheEvansontop]

This monorail project should have been longer and extended into Snohomish county, that would have been great!

[krozareq]

I used to work in Monorail operations at WDW. I would love to see more monorails. They are so much more beautiful than the alternative mass transit systems and brining a station anywhere in the urban environment will be a catalyst for amazing development. Too bad this mentality of requiring demand BEFORE building a project is the political ideology that many have. Transportation is the exact opposite. People appreciate it once they see how good it is.

[tinytoes409]

@krozareq I always wanted to be a Disney Monorail operator!!! So funny such a brilliant idea is used in an amusement park!! Brilliant post too, I Totally agree with you!

[CooLDsteR]

Bittersweet memories... I remember the ETC before the SMP...

Who'd a thought that all that grassroots effort supporting monorail---vanished---in thin air. And to think, the recall vote prior to that was overturned ~2:1.

[moto1666]

my favorite monorail is the wdw 1

[cpjoyce14]

they forgot anaheim californa

[kong4youuu]

MONORAILS DO ROCK!

you dont see me saying your roxy or rebel obssesion is weird-until NOW!!!!!

I didn't reallymean to say that but its the truth. you brought it up not me!

[kong4youuu]

monorails rock

[TrailerTrashErika]

Alex your werid..

[phatoneusa]

Seattle so badly needs a monorail or a subway system. Buses don't work.

[ToeMas123]

I think everywhere in the US needs to fix mass transit. Even New York.

[GayBoyRunning]

@ToeMas123 : i notices America is really lagging in public transport. Australia & other countrys have been placing public transport in front of personal transport

[Wave9413]

seattle is going to die if we dont get more monorail action

[Bobbyp451]

Amazing, where did you find footage of the old Mark IV's in vegas?

[rfairman]

Most of the footage was provided by the Monorail Society to the SMP. But sense I wasn't involved with the production of this video, I can't say for sure.

[CooLDsteR]

This is great. And I love the finishing touch, especially. =)

[747K]

Very nice!!!!!!!!