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	Monorail
		A monorail is a metro or railroad with a track consisting of a single rail, as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails.
		Monorail systems have been built in many locations around the world, many of them on elevated tracks through crowded areas that would otherwise require the construction of expensive underground lines or have the disadvantages of surface lines.
		A short monorail was built in Seattle for the Century 21 Exposition in 1962 and its expansion is currently being discussed.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Monorail.html (315 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Japan rivals the United States in the production of automobiles which are sold both domestically and internationally.
		Japan’s taxi cabs are impeccably clean and the drivers often wear hats and white gloves.
		Because Japan is an archipelago made up of thousands of islands, there is an extensive system of ferry boats which transport passengers and their cars between the mainland and smaller islands.
	www.japancorner.com /transportation.asp (741 words)

	Monorails - Cars and Roads of the Future
		The monorail in Seattle, WA was built in 1962 and is in operation to this day, run by a private corporation which pays the city of Seattle $75,000 a year to operate it.
		Monorails utilizing magnetic levitation as their power source will be extremely efficient in terms of energy consumption and environmentally clean in comparison to the countless combustion engines spewing their toxins into the air each day.
		A good place to start out is the Monorail Society which is an organization of private individuals that support the research and proliferation of monorail transportation.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/7331/monorail.html (2707 words)

	Not just for Disneyland anymore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Seattle's monorail, which was developed for the World's Fair in 1962 and continues to operate profitably, is one mile long with only two stations.
		One myth about monorails is that it is impossible to have multiple routes, with multiple tracks, because the technology does not exist to switch trains from one track to another.
		On its four main urban monorails in Japan, Hitachi has experienced four delays due to minor malfunctions with track switches; three times these problems delayed the system by less than three minutes, and the fourth was less than 30 minutes.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/45184_monorailop.shtml (1347 words)

	Term paper on Transportation in Japan
		Yamanote Line, [[Tokyo]] In Japan, railways are a major means of passenger transportation, especially for mass and high speed transportation between major cities and for commuter transportation in metropolitan areas.
		Japan has 1,152,207 km of highways with 863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways) paved and 289,204 km of unpaved ways (1997 est.).
		Japan has 84 km of pipelines for crude oil, 322 km for petroleum products, and 1,800 km for natural gas.
	www.termpapertopic.org /tr/transportation-in-japan.html (400 words)

	Freeway\|Monorail - Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Monorail technology has an excellent safety record in large part, because it is fully segregated from traffic and pedestrians, unlike Sound Transit’s light-rail proposal.
		Monorail is extremely quiet as it runs on rubber tires propelled by electric motors, and much quieter than steel-wheeled trains, like light-rail, and diesel buses.
		It is no coincidence that nature and animal parks chose monorail technology in transporting their patrons since it results in minimal disruption of the land, both during and after construction.
	www.freewaymonorail.org /technology.htm (915 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		It is the political, cultural and economic center of Japan and home to the Emperor and his family who reside at the Imperial Palace located in the heart of this great city.
		Most people visiting Japan from abroad fly into Narita International Airport and although it is about 2 hours from the center of the city, comfortable busses and trains operate frequently between the two making the trip as pleasant as possible.
		It is where Japan’s traditional Kabuki theater is performed along with the nation’s other popular venues including in Tokyo, Meiji-Za, Kokuriju, Gekiji and Shimbashi Embuji; the Shin Kabuki-Za in Osaka and Minami-Za in Kyoto.
	www.japancorner.com /tokyo.asp (2055 words)

	seattle monorail and personal rapid transit (PRT) issues and opportunities
		And monorails are famously safe and reliable; Pedersen reports that the first monorail, in Wuppertal, Germany, is still running strong after 96 years, and that unlike its highways and rail lines, none of Japan's eight transit monorails has ever collapsed in an earthquake.
		Modern monorails and their people-mover cousins are also more cheaply run because they dispense with by far the biggest operating expense in transit: the driver.
		Japan leads the world in monorail technology and usage, with eight transit systems, many smaller lines, innovative new hybrids such as a sophisticated urban gondola called Skyrail, and the first working urban mag-lev system (magnetic levitation, a faster, frictionless monorail variation).
	faculty.washington.edu /~jbs/itrans/scig.htm (4926 words)

	Maglev stuck at the station - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		TSURU, Japan — With a slight jerk and a high-pitched whine, the world's fastest train accelerates from a standstill so quickly that the excited passengers are pushed deep into their seats.
		In December, Central Japan Railway, part of the former state-run railway that is jointly developing the maglev with Japan's Railway Technology Research Institute, said a three-car maglev sped to 360 mph, surpassing its own Guinness World Record of 342 mph with passengers aboard, set in 1999.
		Yuuki Uete, 31, who came to Tsuru from Japan's central Gifu prefecture with her husband and two sons to ride the maglev on its brief test run, said she hoped to take a trip eventually on a long-distance, commercial maglev.
	washingtontimes.com /world/20040311-093015-4014r.htm (927 words)

	Monorail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term monorail or industrial monorail is also used to describe any number of systems in which a chair or carrier is suspended from, or rides on, an overhead rail structure for the limited transportation of goods, passengers or workers.
		As monorail stations are usually elevated, special arrangements (such as lifts and elevators) must be made to permit access by disabled passengers.
		Meigs Elevated Railway, an experimental monorail from 1886
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monorail (2560 words)

	Conventional Rail vs. 'Gadgetbahnen' \| Planetizen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Like monorails and PRT, maglev is generally a proprietary "solution in search of a problem." After the PR hype wears off, maglev tends to get rejected as it has by the German government for the Berlin-Hamburg corridor (though funding for two short "demonstration" maglev lines have been obtained through lobbying efforts).
		Monorails are not covered by the relevant rules as they are elevated and therefore not a danger to the walking public.
		Monorails are NOT a novelty or "gadgetbahnen." The sooner long range planners and consultants accept this and look for ways to even better the elevated monorail technology the better the existing proven system will get.
	www.planetizen.com /node/70 (9611 words)

	HEDONIA: vehicles: land: monorails & trains
		Nowadays, it seems that the mention of a monorail is a punch-line to some unstated joke about the naïve futurism of the 1960s.
		There are also a few in Europe and Britain, but for its size, Japan has by far the most monorails in the world, with ten in use, and another two being built.
		Unfortunately, the cost of constructing monorail tracks is much greater than simply laying train tracks on the ground, hence the reluctance to invest in monorail development.
	hedonia.net /art/monorails.htm (450 words)

	Monorail \| Portland Cement Association (PCA)
		The monorails distinguishing feature, however, is that the vehicle is wider than the supportive guideway.
		In the modern era of transit monorails, Japan operates seven full-scale monorail systems and has several new lines in the planning stage.
		Seattle's 1.3-mile monorail system was opened in 1962 for the World's Fair in that city and is still operating today.
	www.cement.org /transit/tr_transit_monorail.asp (294 words)

	JRM: FAQs
		Japan’s Shinkansen (bullet) trains have just celebrated their 40th anniversary and are still going strong.
		Monorails, street cars and suburban LRVs are also there, as well as regional, airport-to-city and long distance services.
		Japan’s bullet train prototypes run on standard gauge, but most other Japanese trains run on narrow gauge track.
	www.japanrailmodelers.org /pages/faqs.html (1027 words)

	Monorails And Niche Transports
		Monorails are often thought of as futuristic "space age" transports, yet instead of seriously proposing their introduction into the modern "real world" cityscape transport planners seem to have condemned them to just 'fun' locations - such as the 1990 Gateshead Garden Festival, England, (right).
		A hanging monorail was chosen for this location because the area occasionally suffers wintry weather - so with the running surfaces and train bogies inside the beams this type of monorail enjoys greater protection from the elements.
		Wüppertal's monorail first opened in 1901, and for most of its 11km route is located above the river Wüpper, however at the western end it runs above a main road where by not requiring any roadspace it very effectively avoids traffic congestion.
	www.garden.force9.co.uk /Monorail.htm (3784 words)

	Letters to the Editor - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Monorails are currently used in such cities as Miami, Portland and Osaka, Japan.
		Monorails are elevated, so they do not create the automotive interaction problems of light rail systems such as those in Los Angeles, where drivers have never fully adapted to the rail crossings and accidents are routine.
		I call upon Hawai'i's transit development community to examine the monorail alternative and show the world we are able to manage transportation problems with innovative and imaginative solutions.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Sep/28/op/op47aletters.html (1016 words)

	Finally, the future is now for monorails / Urban areas give Disney-esque transport a ride
		Indeed, the Seattle drive to build a monorail system was a populist effort, driven not by politicians or planners but by residents who wanted to expand upon Seattle's nearly mile-long monorail, built for the 1962 World's Fair.
		The initiative calls for the existing monorail to be preserved as a landmark, but no decision has been made whether to make it a part of the new system.
		The modern monorail was developed in Europe and Japan in the 1950s and glided into the public eye in 1959 when Disney installed a system as part of his then-new Anaheim theme park -- and proclaimed it the future of transportation.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/27/MN105822.DTL (611 words)

	Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission
		I wrote the first monorail initiative in 1996 with the hope and belief that Seattle would be willing to invest in the future.
		I am the father of the monorail because I saw the need to go to the people and offer a vision of what our future can be.
		Board members who went to see monorails work in Japan and under construction in Las Vegas paid their own way.
	www.seattle.gov /ethics/el03a/report/vpp/faldic.htm (379 words)

	Monorails of Japan DVD
		"Monorails of Japan is a must have for monorailists and anyone interested in monorails.
		Monorails of Japan was recorded digitally for optimal quality and features stereo sound.
		His interest in monorails began with his first visit, at age 5, to Disneyland--the year the Disneyland-Alweg monorail opened!--and was instantly hooked.
	www.monorails.org /tMspages/DVDJapan03.html (399 words)

	Maglev train still too expensive
		TSURU, Japan - With a slight jerk and a high-pitched whine, the world's fastest train accelerates from a standstill so quickly that the excited passengers are pushed deep into their seats.
		Reaching 310 mph takes less than a minute and a half for Japan's maglev train - which derives its name from its use of an electromagnetic cushion instead of wheels for levitation and propulsion.
		Japan also uses monorails, trains and subways for intra-city transit.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/01/18/biz_maglev.html (816 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Transportation in Japan is modern and efficient, serving a population of over 100 million people.
		In Japan, railways are a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed transport between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas.
		In the year 2005, the toll collecting companies, formerly Japan Highway Public Corporation, have been transformed into private companies in public ownership, and there are plans to sell parts of them.
	www.users.on.net /~Paris_71/research/transportationjapan.html (789 words)

	The History of Hitachi-Alweg
		Hitachis first monorail line was put in service in March, 1962, and is known as the Inuyama Rhine Park monorail.
		For the monorail this an ominous picture because it very clearly illustrates that the Haneda Line, ingenious as it may be, is one of those special situation lines where monorail offers the most practical solution.
		Since then the drive units, the classic monorail bogies, are arranged completely below the floor-line of the cars and no longer protrude into the interior of the cars, thus eliminating the classic Alweg wheel case (bogey casing).
	www.alweg.com /hitachialweg.html (1218 words)

	HITACHI : New Solution for Urban Traffic: Small-type Monorail System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thus, the monorail system in Japan is an effective solution to environmental problems and traffic congestion in urban cities, which also stimulates local economy.
		The demand for urban monorail systems has recently begun to come from smaller local cities where the daily ridership is much lower than that in Tokyo, Osaka, Kitakyushu, and other major cities in Japan.
		To enhance the financial viability of monorail construction in smaller cities and to construct smaller monorails, the Japan Monorail Association (JMA) set up a research committee to investigate the development of a small monorail.
	www.hitachi.com /rev/archive/2001/2006197_12610.html (409 words)

	Austin Monorail Project
		Monorail stations may be incorporated into buildings and can conform to local architectural styles.
		Monorails have narrow support beams (narrower than the monorail vehicles) and cast only a small footprint.
		Monorail will leave more street space available that can now be used for sidewalk cafe's on enlarged sidewalks and bike lanes.
	www.austinmonorail.org (1662 words)

	Transportation Links - Past, Present and Future
		Hitachi took a mighty step forward with the advancement of their monorail product when they were awarded the contract to build a major monorail system in Malaysia.
		Metropolitan Osaka is the second largest city in Japan and is considered the center of economy and culture.
		The Osaka monorail is being built to connect these outer communities with a half circle system which will eventually surround the city with over 50 km of track.
	www.io.com /~bumper/klru.html (2237 words)

	Riding the Rail -- The Monorail, That Is
		Although a monorail trip can be as interesting as an attraction, don't misunderstand -- it is also a very reliable and efficient way to transport people from one destination to another.
		Most of the world's transit monorails exist in Japan, where seven are full-scale urban transit systems.
		The WDW monorail system, which has been in operation since 1971, currently has 12 Mark VI monorail trains that can operate at speeds of up to 45 mph.
	allearsnet.com /ae/issue168.htm (991 words)

	Parsing fact from fiction on the monorail issue
		Fact: Three monorails in Japan have stations and rail segments at ground level or in tunnels.
		The Las Vegas monorail has received $20 million in federal money to plan and design an extension.
		Fact: The first vote, in 1997, was on a measure to establish a public development authority to build a monorail that would have been funded with private money, government grants and by city funds.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /transportation/197329_monotruth29.html (450 words)

	Tokyo Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Japan has much more then cities and crowds.
		Japan has a lot of small cities and towns.
		The family returned to Japan in June 2003.
	home.comcast.net /~subwaymark/trips/Japan/tokyo.htm (236 words)

	Transportation
		One of Germanys first monorails was documented on paper in December, 1971.
		Japans monorails are a little more advanced than Germanys monorails.
		One of their monorails called CVS (Computer-controlled Vehicle System) was developed in the early 1970s.
	www.hawaii.edu /hga/GAW99/hunt99/transpo.htm (523 words)

	Monorails: A Vision For The Future Of Transit \| Planetizen
		Monorails: A Vision For The Future Of Transit
		Monorails: A Vision For The Future Of Transit
		Are monorails amusement park curiosities, or legitimate forms of mass transit?
	www.planetizen.com /node/5458 (252 words)

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