by Bob Fleming
About the Seattle Center Monorail
Seattle Center Monorail web site
Advantages of monorail
My opinions about Seattle area monorail
Former Seattle Monorail Project
A Proposed Regional Monorail System
Arguments against monorail and my responses
My ideas for monorail system design
My ideas for routes
(PRT) Personal Rapid Transit
Vocabulary
Frequently asked questions
Links to other monorail sites
Contact me
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Background East of Seattle, across Lake Washington from Seattle, there is an abandoned railroad line running between the cities of Renton and Snohomish, passing through Bellevue, Kirkland, and Woodinville, with a branch to Redmond. The line was owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF), but they no longer had sufficient use for it and they sold it to the Port of Seattle, which then sold portions to various municpalities along the route. This old railroad right-of-way is known as the Eastside Rail Corridor. The future use of the corridor is the subject of considerable controversy. Many people want it converted to biking and hiking paths. Others want to use it for a north-south light rail route serving the East Side. These two uses conflict because of reasons of space, safety, and accessibility for cyclists and pedestrians. My Opinions I am very strongly in favor of building the trail. I also think it would be a valuable commuter transit route. I believe that a monorail would be more logical than light rail or other railroad commuter use. This is a table comparing use of light rail vs. monorail in this corridor:
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