Quote:
Originally Posted by cargocultpants
Back in the 60s/70s there were quite a few monorail plans. One version was county wide (as a variation of the plans to build a BART like system for the region.) The ones that got further / actually broke ground were more like what you see in Miami or Detroit - a "people mover" that in one variation circled the financial district / south park, or in another variation was meant to take people from parking lots in City West to the office buildings in the financial district.
Here's a good document on it - http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPG...ve_summary.pdf |
The Miami one is fantastic, and theyre finally looking to expand it.
The route makes more sense than the streetcar proposal as well.