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10379
Seattles Youth and the Monorail Green Line Monorail Meetings, Events, Public Comments Volunteer Ask a Question Calendar Green Line Neighborhoods Employment &...
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Oct 1, 2004
9:27 pm
10380
How would you define MASSIVE? Well, think we'd all agree that the SkyTrain is definitely a good reference point. Turns out the columns there are 5'-3" placed...
chadman_98126
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Oct 3, 2004
7:07 am
10381
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002052737_vegas03m.html Sunday, October 03, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. Las Vegas' monorail troubles...
Greg & Christine Vass...
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Oct 3, 2004
12:20 pm
10382
Once again Borkowski raises the red-herring about dripping grease. Geez, this guy gets really annoying with all his lies. I would prefer worrying about the...
Richard Dill
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Oct 4, 2004
12:27 am
10383
here's what I find curious, if not actually alarming, with some of the SMP Board Members' responses to the impact of the problems in Las Vegas and for not...
Chad Maglaque
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Oct 4, 2004
6:28 am
10384
So, I'm down in Southern California at the moment and just spent the past two days in and around the Disney parks and I actually have an increased appreciation...
Michael Taylor-Judd
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Oct 4, 2004
6:55 am
10385
Folks should take this as a good instance for writing Letters to the Editor in response. After all, how many of you know stories of people being splattered...
Michael Taylor-Judd
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Oct 4, 2004
7:01 am
10386
try MUCH smaller, about 3' at the base and approx 1'-8" at the top it's also the smallest of the entire Disney lineage and a single track so not all that...
chadman_98126
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Oct 4, 2004
7:12 am
10387
Thanks, Chad. Mind you, I'm not saying this is what it would look like in Seattle. Just reminded me of some key points: 1) A private company, spending its own...
Michael Taylor-Judd
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Oct 4, 2004
7:33 am
10388
heck, I'd fight the kids to ride it :) ... sit in the front car and enjoy the view. :-)...
chadman_98126
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Oct 4, 2004
9:03 am
10389
I would think that some if not all of the issues you raise here would be part of the negotiations now underway between SMP and Cascadia. _____ From: Chad...
Richard Dill
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Oct 4, 2004
3:52 pm
10390
Lately I've frequently had cause to drive down the northern part of 15th in Ballard, and I have been regularly ogling the part of the route slated (in the...
Daniel Ahlstrom
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Oct 4, 2004
7:30 pm
10391
... grease. Geez, ... worrying ... than the ... alternative. ... Regarding Mr. Borkowski, I participated in an interesting e-mail and discussion forum...
Greg & Christine Vass...
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Oct 5, 2004
1:41 am
10392
Having been an electrical engineering major in a previous life -- and worked on a research project involving magnetic levitation -- I can make one minor...
Daniel Ahlstrom
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Oct 5, 2004
3:45 am
10393
It would appear that Richard has decided to sidestep your little discussion of equations (interesting as it may be......) and instead take more general...
greenlaker98103
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Oct 5, 2004
12:18 pm
10394
... oh, you mean like this one? "According to the ridership forecast documentation, the average speed of the monorail will be about 21 mph -- slower than light...
Daniel Ahlstrom
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Oct 5, 2004
7:48 pm
10395
Daniel, all good stuff, I share the same comments. I would however, argue that Vancouver's system, as an inter-urban system, is a jewel and would love to have...
chadman_98126
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Oct 5, 2004
8:49 pm
10396
DPD put a page up yesterday discussing how I-83 is impacting their monorail work - it isn't. Visit the page to get lots of good deep links. ...
flek
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Oct 5, 2004
9:45 pm
10397
WOW... That's a good letter, folks. Borkowski scares the shit out of people with FUD and misrepresentation. After all, an avg. speed of 21mph would be, what?,...
Michael Taylor-Judd
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Oct 5, 2004
9:46 pm
10398
Sounds like great facts for Daniel and a couple of others to cite in their Letters to the Editor! ... "greenlaker98103" ... oh, you mean like this one? ...
Michael Taylor-Judd
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Oct 5, 2004
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Oct 5, 2004
10:57 pm
10400
http://www.monorailrecall.com/ new web site... I don't know if people have noticed but LV monorail fell way way below their ridership projections,before they...
fforest12
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Oct 5, 2004
11:33 pm
10401
Four mph sounds like a small number when you quote it by itself, but the average speeds are low due to dwell times anyhow. I.e., 4 mph sounds small, but add 4...
greenlaker98103
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Oct 5, 2004
11:45 pm
10402
You are correct that station dwell time is a significant factor in holding down average speeds. My understanding is that the Green Line will have 19 stations...
Greg & Christine Vass...
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Oct 5, 2004
11:53 pm
10403
Finally the true face of this band of liars appears. This website displays what some of us have believed from the start, this anti-monorail group is just a...
Richard Dill
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Oct 6, 2004
12:28 am
10404
... displays ... group is ... the right ... better ... overhead. Since everybody seems to acknowledge that LR will be faster than MR in another thread, it...
bax7790
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Oct 6, 2004
12:43 am
10405
Exactly! As designed, LR is 19% faster than the SMP's MR. And ST's number's are fully audited. ... website ... is ... is ... than...
greenlaker98103
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Oct 6, 2004
1:50 am
10406
Actually, the MR will only be capable of 2 minute headways in the Downtown Seattle core. Outside of that core, the MR will be limited to 6 minute headways --...
greenlaker98103
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Oct 6, 2004
1:56 am
10407
And when these numbers are found to be bogus in practical experience when the trolleys get stuck in real traffic the folly of the trolley will become clear and...
Richard Dill
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Oct 6, 2004
4:17 am
10408
Tone the anger, Dick. You are causing harm to a open exchange on both sides. Name calling reflects poorly on you and your point of view. ... <rickd@e...>...
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