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Please? Ideally one with the other transit on it as well (LINK, SLUT, SOUNDER, etc.) Is it dead and demolished? The page doesn't say, and that is a pretty darn important thing... http://metro.kingcounty.gov/maps/system/pdf/low-res/metro-system-map-downtown-seattle-low-res.pdf -Map here still shows it being around....as of 2014. The ridiculous green-line/monorail extension debate ended 5+years ago. --ah, finally, a map: http://metro.kingcounty.gov/maps/system/pdf/low-res/metro-system-map-downtown-seattle-low-res.pdf Theblindsage ( talk) 03:18, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
i put the $200 per year stat as when people see 2% they think...ehhh who cares. when they see $200 per year (and much more for many people) that's when it really hits how much 2% is.
in person i'd point out that if all five monorail lines were ever built and each cost about the same we'd hit $1,000 per person per year ($4,000 per year if you own a low-end bmw), but that *is* probably too much math.
- Justforasecond 05:31, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Ugh this is more complicated than I thought. It's quoted as 1.4% on that site though I was thought it was higher, apparently I was wrong. On the other hand the depreciation tables seem to be a lot higher than FMV-- cars typically drop half their value in 5 years, but that chart has them at 73% of their MSRP after five years....and who *ever* pays MSRP for a car? Maybe we could just quote the $130 number? --
Right now the average annual monorail license charge is $130 annually. "Some people pay a penny, and there are two (people) that pay $12,500," Buchter said. [1]
- Justforasecond 17:08, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Just a thought. But shouldn't we mention the economic impact of the monorail. Seems like Westlake mall is taking a beating with it out of commision. Plus, it should be mentioned that it carries something like 17,000 (yeah, I don't believe it either) people a day. Don't make my drunk ass look this shit up, cause I might.-- drew1718 11:31, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
I would edit the entry myself, but don't recall whether it started running in July or August. Spazquest 05:30, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I thought the voters of Seattle voted down the continuation of the Monorail Project during the same election period as the presidential elections in November 2004, and not November of 2005. I'm referring to a statement made towards the end of the page. Where's the citation? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.160.45.229 ( talk • contribs) 02:59, August 14, 2006.
[ Apparently] a monorail was proposed in Seattle as early as 1910. The linked article has just a teaser on this; someone may want to follow it up. I imagine there are articles and maybe commercial or government documents from the time (or at least more than one picture). - Jmabel | Talk 00:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Who designed the monorail? Who built it? How long did it take? What challenges were faced? -- Some ideas for improvement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.166.27 ( talk) 20:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm not sure where the 1.2 mile (1.9 km) distance comes from, but it is certainly not accurate. It's possible that the number comes from numbers that were quoted a long time ago or from someone who measured the distance using driving directions or something. However, I've measured the track length using a number of different GIS applications and each time I get 0.96 miles (1.54 km), plus or minus a few feet. The distance shown on the page overstates the true distance by almost 1300 feet, which may not sound like much, but for how short the track is, this is off by +25%, which is significant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shemtheo ( talk • contribs) 20:56, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
On the supposed conflict of the Aviation Week with The New York Times [2]. I don't see any conflict... 93.73.36.17 ( talk) 09:24, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
References
Hopes were high last spring, when the Seattle Transit Commission announced it had named the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. as prime contractor to install a monorail system for the Century 21 Exposition.
Alwac International plans to submit a proposal to the Seattle Transit Commission this week. The Transit Commission has been negotiating for the past year with Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
The Transit Commission last week voted to drop the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. from the monorail competition [in favor of Alwac].
It says: "reduce the number of vehicles needed to serve the arena". I'm not entirely sure what is meant by that. Maybe something like this? "reduce the number of car trips needed to access the arena" Schwede 66 19:20, 6 March 2020 (UTC)