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

[Thompson Freeman]

Replying to myself - embarrassing...

FWIW - http://www.monorails.org/ has lists of installations  
for monorails worldwide that are used for transportation.  
Quite a few more than I thought, and they look to be  
relatively short haul highly urbanized installations.

To Warren - Thanks for kicking me into some checking on my  
own.

On 11/07/2009 07:24:40 AM, tom wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, Warren Myers wrote:
> 
> > fwiw - Singpore has a monorail along with a cable car
> and bridge to connect
> > the "mainland" to the resort island of Sentosa.. it's
> *very* smooth to ride
> > :)
> >
> 
> Up to four now. Thank you for the update.
> 
> Do you happen to know the status of the monorail in Reno
> (?)? Guess its
> time for me to do a little web searching.
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM, tom
> <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> As for monorail, off the top of my head I am aware of
> only about three
> >> monorail systems in non-amusement park use worldwide. I
> think that there
> >> is one inside a German city that is running at about 60
> years of age now,
> >> and remains viable. I get the impression that they are
> most viable inside
> >> an established city, but I could well be very wrong.
> >>
> >> Light rail (dedicated trackage for street car style
> cars) here is
> >> Charlotte seems to be working out well in its first 14
> mile developement.
> >> While I recognize the problem of labor bottlenecks, I'm
> also extremely
> >> tired of five lanes of parking. It's like all the
> drivers go on strike at
> >> the same time...
> >>
> >>
> >
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