50 years ago, Disney set up an operating monorail system around Disneyland. We have the technology. So why not use it? Nothing else seems to be working.
For over a decade, Los Angeles has been trying to create a viable public transit system...that is, better than the city bus.
Part of our system is a hugely expensive subway system. At one point, buildings along Hollywood Boulevard started collapsing as the subway was dug underneath. The westward leg is barred by federal law from going any farther because of methane deposits.
There are grossly ugly light-rail lines (trolleys): the blue line to Long Beach, the Green Line, the Gold Line to Pasadena. Residents hate them because they're noisy. Cars try to beat them to the crossings...and sometimes lose.
We just opened up the Orange Line, a special street dedicated to a high-speed bus that races across the San Fernando Valley. My thought was that would work until some law-abiding citizen decided he wasn't going to be so law-abiding and try sneaking down the road or some intelligent kid decided to jettison his intelligence. There were two major accidents the first week it was opened.
And none of these routes goes to the airport, to Dodger Stadium, to the Collisium, to the Rose Bowl, to the Forum or to the beach (don't want to lose that parking revenue
).
So what's wrong with monorails?? We have the technology. We already have the right of ways (e.g. the area above the streets). They're nifty looking
, they're clean, they're quiet, they're fast, and they go above the traffic so the only accidents will be with low flying pigeons. 
Can anyone give me insight as to why more monorail systems aren't working throughout the world...or even here in LA, for that matter?
For over a decade, Los Angeles has been trying to create a viable public transit system...that is, better than the city bus.

Part of our system is a hugely expensive subway system. At one point, buildings along Hollywood Boulevard started collapsing as the subway was dug underneath. The westward leg is barred by federal law from going any farther because of methane deposits.
There are grossly ugly light-rail lines (trolleys): the blue line to Long Beach, the Green Line, the Gold Line to Pasadena. Residents hate them because they're noisy. Cars try to beat them to the crossings...and sometimes lose.

We just opened up the Orange Line, a special street dedicated to a high-speed bus that races across the San Fernando Valley. My thought was that would work until some law-abiding citizen decided he wasn't going to be so law-abiding and try sneaking down the road or some intelligent kid decided to jettison his intelligence. There were two major accidents the first week it was opened.

And none of these routes goes to the airport, to Dodger Stadium, to the Collisium, to the Rose Bowl, to the Forum or to the beach (don't want to lose that parking revenue

So what's wrong with monorails?? We have the technology. We already have the right of ways (e.g. the area above the streets). They're nifty looking


Can anyone give me insight as to why more monorail systems aren't working throughout the world...or even here in LA, for that matter?
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