08-25-2015, 06:19 PM
(08-25-2015, 12:34 PM)Canard Wrote: Glad to see all the hate toward anything except LRT is so alive and well. I'll quietly go back to just taking pictures and my attitude of generally just being happy we're getting something.
No hate here — I think monorails are interesting, and hope I get a chance to visit some one day. But I think I understand why LRT is constructed more often, and I don’t think it has anything to do with prejudice. Also, since I want to see public transit expand, I prefer to see LRT being built, because it is easier to extend in a variety of scenarios, as I mentioned before. I’d rather see a small LRT built that then offers the hope of extension than a monorail system that is less likely to be extended. I’m not just happy that we’re getting something — I’m extremely pleased we’re getting what I consider to be the ideal system for our situation, and I look forward to funding and more proposals for extension in the coming years.
I actually would be interested in what you think ICTS, for example, has over LRT. It doesn’t have to be a universal — maybe it’s better in some situations rather than all. For ICTS I don’t see it at all. For monorail I will actually go so far as to say that I see a scenario: the entire proposed system needs to be elevated (for whatever reason), or at least grade-separated, and the same applies to any reasonable extensions. Note however that in my view this pretty well rules out any public transit application, because there will always be potential extensions in the city that don’t need to be elevated.
I should add that I very much appreciate your photos, and those of the other forum members who post photos. I can’t get out to the various work sites nearly as much as I would like so I like seeing the various updates.