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Monorail for Toronto

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See folks, bona fide proof that there are worse transit solution ideas out there than a network of BRT. I feel vindicated.
 
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ssiguy2 said:
Come on guys, if you can't think of anything intelligent to say, whether pro or con Monorail, then please don't say it.
I will never understand the aversion to Monorail as its a proven technology {just ask Wuppertal} and is used extensively through out the world. It works great in all climates and is very affordable. Toronto's transit woes will continue if all it can come up with atgrade streetcars or subways that they think have to be tunneled in the burbs. It is this kind of thinking that has slowed Toronto's rapid transit construction to a pathetic crawl. Although they are being built in Japan, Seoul, and Sao Paulo and what do they know about mass transit?................silly me.
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Yeah, and most of this new transportation technology is being built by a Canadian company overseas.....Come-on, Torontonians are not ready for any modern world transportation systems yet... not when they are still building new rail express lines using refurbished Rail Diesel Cars,
 
Justin10000 said:
Not pie in the sky gadgetbahnen(Monorails)
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You mean like the lines in Japan that have been around for years or decades and some still receiving expansions/extensions, carry more passengers than whole metro systems, have higher ridership/distance than all but the top 2 or 3 North American systems, and make profits? Yea, those crazy, impractical Japanese.
 
Automation Gallery said:
What....trams, they been around since the late 19th century.
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Monorails have been around since the 19th century, difference is, Trams are a simple practical solution, monorails are not.

You mean like the lines in Japan that have been around for years or decades and some still receiving expansions/extensions, carry more passengers than whole metro systems, have higher ridership/distance than all but the top 2 or 3 North American systems, and make profits? Yea, those crazy, impractical Japanese.
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Monorails play a very small role in Japan, compared to rail. Monorails do have a place servicing areas where it would be expensive to build rail due to terrain, however even in Japan, that criteria is limited. The last Monorail Japan built was in Naha in 2003, and I have not heard of any expansions since then. The Japanese government did unveill a Light Rail development program in 2006, to install "Advanced Light Rail systems(streetcars) in 10 Cities by 2016. You're going to have to look for the article yourself. It was in the Japan Times paper, August 2006. The town of Toyoma opened a "tram-train line in 2006, and it seems to be extending ridership projections. It seems those "impractical Japanese" have discovered Light Rail, and are moving in that direction!
 
Why go backward to monorail, when we can go forward to quadrarail.
Toronto should lead the world and build the first four-rail train network.
You think GO has monster cars now, think double width and quadruple deck.
You could have trains carrying 10,000 people!
Then we'll be the envy of the world.
 
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