... project, not the website. However, I'll probably use some shots here and there online. So far the only photo special I'm definitely planning for the...
A question has been raised. If we keep the current "classic" Seattle Monorail and extend it to the East from the North End, what about the South End? Reports...
Gary, In my opinion, a line which preserves the historic Alwegs in active service can only be about 1-1/2 to 2 miles long. These classic trains require a lot...
... Blair, If this is true, then the new line if it were built to the original Alweg spec is in for a maintence nightmare. Where did you get the maintence...
When I think of the LINK boondoggle I think of the failure of LRT in San Jose where they promises never materialized, where farebox covers only 12% of op...
Thanks for this, Ed. Gives me an opportunity to point out the contrasts between Link and San Jose light rail. The Link corridor between Northgate and S. 200th...
rdpence03
rpence@...
May 2, 2003 8:30 pm
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... I equate the risky (per the LINK EIS) at-grade Rainier Valley portion of LINK to San Jose. Your plan for zooming through thru the Valley's intersections,...
Greetings, Wondering what may be on the agenda of the upcoming board meeting May 7th? Not able to find any info about this on the website. Is it the intention...
justasksar@...
May 2, 2003 10:08 pm
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The problem of course is that whole system is no faster than its slowest part. Either you let the trains backup through the Rainier valley or you run them far...
dear sarah thanks for asking what's up with the new board member nominations. perhaps it's time for us to consider how we do this process in a different light,...
Kristina Hill
kzhill@...
May 3, 2003 12:04 am
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Gary, It has nothing to do with being Alweg spec trains; it has to do with configuration. Seattle's Alweg system has two trains, two tracks and no switches....
I tend to agree with Blair, for the reasons he mentions, that our big landmark Alweg system, at least for now, should just be left alone. That is not to say...
Monorails like the The ... still ... The Wuppertal Schwebebahn has no switch, the track is one big continuous loop - the train simply goes around the end of...
... Check out the pictures of the Schwebebahn parking and maintenance depot at http://home.telebel.de/pebosba/schwebebahn-2003.html You can see what appear to...
Ed, I'm not saying that the Alweg line should "just be left alone". I would like to see various options explored that would keep the system operational,...
... Except for a bit on the South end, the entire "colonnade" on Fifth (as I like to think of this guideway) has been designated a city landmark. The SPMA...
Someone asked about tires - the ones we saw in Japan were made by Bridgestone specifically for monorail use. Top speed of our Alweg - from a 1962 paper...
It will be interesting to see what the Landmarks Preservation Board comes up with for "controls and incentives" for the monorail, and how the City Council...
This is China's version of the German/Japanese HSST-type urban maglev, similar to the system developed for Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Ed ... Subject:...
Oh Roger, is there now money for LINK to get to Northgate and S 200th? Can you please tell me where that's coming from? There never was any money there to do...
No, David, we don't have the money NOW to get Link to Northgate or S. 200th -- just like we don't have the money fo finish any of the local freeway projects ...
rdpence03
rpence@...
May 4, 2003 7:49 pm
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Roger's critique of the ETC ridership projections, based on the Sound Transit ridership model, for adding event ridership might actually hold water, if in...
Edwin Stone
edwincstone@...
May 4, 2003 8:44 pm
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... Sound Transit ridership model, for adding event ridership might actually hold water, if in fact Sound Transit was serving any potential events. The...
Ed, I was not offering a critique of ETC ridership projections. I was simply pointing out that ETC used Sound Transit's methodology for the core of their ...
rdpence03
rpence@...
May 4, 2003 11:29 pm
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Hi Friends, I've just posted my two cents on the subject at: http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/makemine.html Kim Pedersen President/Founder the Monorail...
... The light rail train, as now planned, will not go into the terminal building; it will be a very long quarter mile away at best. The trip from the airport...
Dick Falkenbury
falkenbury@...
May 5, 2003 12:45 am
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... Excellent! When speaking of someone coming to your aid--like a policeman, firefighter or medical person--keep in mind that a 'hero' can be any of us...
Dick Falkenbury
falkenbury@...
May 5, 2003 1:00 am
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excellent post, Kim, and it couldn't be more timely, now's the time to be openly discussing these issues while there's still decisionmaking going on about...
It's nice to be in complete agreement (for once!) with Kim, Kevin, and others re the issue of walk-through trains. They cite most of the reasons why an urban ...
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