BIKE: Re: Monorail, Transit, rails-with-trails

[Eric Anderson]

Bike folks:

I have nothing to add to this current mono-rail debate; nor do I wish to
dampen this important discussion.

However, as far as perfect transit, I am compelled to remind you of
Personal Rapid Transit; see:

Skyweb Express
http://www.skywebexpress.com/index.html

Austin Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit
http://www.acprt.org/

But until its on the ground (soon?, in Duluth, MN?), we have not much to
talk about...,

While I wait, I slave for light rail in Minneapolis, and more recently
here in Austin; Today, I like Cap Metro Commuter Rail (as a start): the
red line connecting Mueller, Featherlite and Saltillo District with both
Rails AND Trails (Rails-with-Trails or RwT).

I am not sure whether -light-, or -commuter-, or -circulator-, or -mono-,
or -PRT- will win the day eventually; I just believe that cyclists should
strongly support transit, especially that which could add up to one
hundred miles of urban off-road bike-commuter pathways (RwT).

FFI: on local RwT efforts, contact Austin Metro Trails and Greenways
(AMTG):
http://www.austintrails.org/ (lacks RwT info)

Jeb Boyt <jeboyt>
Dave Foster <txcwa>

Stay tuned for AMTG sponsored web-based -austin bikeways- map.

More transit! Less cars?!

Eric Anderson <bikeeric>
(512) 476-7304


--- Nawdry <nawdry> wrote:
> 
> At 2004-07-18 13:38, Patrick Goetz wrote:
> 
> >The average speed of the LVM is misleading.  This relatively short
> system 
> >includes 7 stops and 4 90-degree turns (see the route map at 
> >http://www.lvmonorail.com/about_04_fastfacts.html), which is why the 
> >average speed is so low.  Further, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports
> 
> >that the route is actually 4.4 miles, in which case the average speed 
> >would be 18.85 mph.
> >
> >According to the American Public Transportation Association, the
> Aaverage 
> >Street Rail Speed (FY2002) is 15.3 mph 
> >(http://www.apta.com/research/stats/rail/lrsum.cfm), which includes
> lots 
> >of long straight segments.  The bottom line is that the short,
> circuitous, 
> >many-stopped Las Vegas monorail is still 15-20% faster than the any LRT
> 
> >system in the country, on average.  That's pathetic.
> 
> 
> This is by far not the most egregious of Patrick's deceptions, but it is
> 
> certainly one of the easiest to cor



		
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