Bear Up North
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Looking for help (and/or general comments) about.....
Subways VS Monorails: I'm a frequent visitor to subway (and transit) web pages AND a visitor to a monorail society site.
The writers on the monorail site estow the virtues of monorail as if it was the greatest thing "since sliced bread". If they are correct about reliability, per/mile construction costs, operating expenses, etc......why the h@## are we not seeing these things in more cities? Any thoughts?
And.....anybody know of major routes that change traffic flow directions......maybe one-way (west) in the morning and one-way (east) in the afternoon? Or, changing an 8-lane xway to a different number of lanes to accomodate different dirfectional flow?
Doesn't Chicago do this on some xways? Toledo has a major road (years ago, since changed) that was different directions in morning and afternoon. It was confusing. Entering the street from an adjoining street meant looking at a sign with a time on it and then checking your watch.
Any help or comments would be appreciated.
Bear
Subways VS Monorails: I'm a frequent visitor to subway (and transit) web pages AND a visitor to a monorail society site.
The writers on the monorail site estow the virtues of monorail as if it was the greatest thing "since sliced bread". If they are correct about reliability, per/mile construction costs, operating expenses, etc......why the h@## are we not seeing these things in more cities? Any thoughts?
And.....anybody know of major routes that change traffic flow directions......maybe one-way (west) in the morning and one-way (east) in the afternoon? Or, changing an 8-lane xway to a different number of lanes to accomodate different dirfectional flow?
Doesn't Chicago do this on some xways? Toledo has a major road (years ago, since changed) that was different directions in morning and afternoon. It was confusing. Entering the street from an adjoining street meant looking at a sign with a time on it and then checking your watch.
Any help or comments would be appreciated.
Bear