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

[Mike Harrison]

jeff said:
> Maglev has its benefits - chief among them speed and low noise - but
> it's tremendously expensive.  I'm a monorail fan, mostly because of the
> flexibility you get with respect to right-of-way; you can sling rail
> over, under, and through anything you want although grade crossings pose
> a challenge (though mostly you can design so as to avoid them).

> ...it's hemmed in.  If the system had the freedom to economically pass over 
> roads, thread through commercial property, etc. then it could go places


Jeff's got a good summary. with the biggest feature of a monorail is that 
it can work well within existing infrastructure right-of-ways, ie: along 
highways and existing roads.

While MagLev is kewl in a buck-rogers kind of way, I think a wheeled
monorail would cost less to build and operate and break nicely.