[ale] Off topic - And now, Arizona

[larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com (Larry Johnson)]

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree. Monorail has been discussed here many times and appears to be a
> more cost effective solution for TCO per mile. Plus I've stood under the
> monorail at Disney as it blasts by and the damn thing is QUIET! I've stood
> under a MARTA line and the "L" train in Chicago and they are quite the
> opposite in terms of noise pollution. Noisy makes for unhappy neighbors =
> lower property values = bad idea.


I'm not current enough on monorail to argue its relative merits, but a
longstanding joke told by transportation engineering professionals sums up
its actual prospects for adoption:

"Monorail is the transportation of the future -- and it always will be".

Larry



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