In 1997, Seattle voters approved a monorail transit system to be built across the city. Beginning as a cab driver’s dream and growing into a major civic project, this was on track to become one of the largest systems of its kind in the world. But shortly before breaking ground in 2005, the project collapsed in on itself. This documentary tells the story of how Seattle ended up in this unusual position, and why the city’s dream never got off the ground.
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🚟 There is another version in which this video runs parallel to a ride from 2015:
"Wuppertal Schwebebahn 1902 & 2015 side by side video
When I found these two videos:
[60 fps] The Flying Train, Germany, 1902 ...
Generation 15 ... recorded in 2015
I realized it might be possible to line them up side by side to get an impression of what have changed after 113 years."
berlin somehow had a maglev/monorail project again (after the last one in the 1980s). that is apparently going to be cancelled. which is probably a good thing, because #monorail.
A couple of days ago I went to #Monorail in #Glasgow and this happened.👇🏻 It fair made a bad day much, much better, even if the train journey home was a bit fraught.
Rapid Rail had also begun operating four new #train for the LRT #KelanaJayaLine since last September, and the line operates an average of 48 #trains in three-minute interval
Found the old abandoned #monorail test track near Orleans in France, called the Aérotrain d'Orléans Test Track.
It goes for miles and the framework of the station is still there. Amazing what past wild utopias can provide for the beauty of the depressing present.
The Yellow Line monorail officially launched in Bangkok today. Good luck finding an official map though, let alone a unified map showing the lines of all of the operators. There are some dedicated map makers though that have already made updates, and I have updated my guide that lists all of the maps. The Wiki map here is one of the maps that shows the new yellow line.