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	Seattle Monorail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Seattle's monorail was thought to represent the future of mass transit when it opened in 1962.
		Seattle's voters, however, struck back in November 2000 and passed a ballot measure to refund the effort to expand the monorail.
		Seattle Center (Opened 3/24/1962) Following the quick, smooth ride past the office buildings and hotels of Downtown, the multistoried apartment houses of Belltown, and through the EMP portal, the monorail ends at Seattle Center.
	world.nycsubway.org /us/seattle/monorail.html (1741 words)

	Seattle Center Monorail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated monorail line in Seattle, Washington, that runs one mile along Fifth Avenue from Westlake Center in Downtown to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne.
		The monorail trains and their tracks were given historical landmark status by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board April 16, 2003.
		The Monorail reopened for service on Friday, August 11, 2006, but was quickly beset with problems two days later when the blue train stalled just short of Seattle Center[2] and another breakdown on August 19 that trapped over 200 passengers in the blue train at almost the exact same spot as the prior week's breakdown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seattle_Center_Monorail (872 words)

	Seattle Channel - Monorail In-Depth
		The Transit Way Agreement, a legal contract between SMP and the City of Seattle which outlines conditions for the new Monorail’s use of city streets to build the voter-approved Green Line, was unanimously approved in July.
		The Seattle Monorail Project is a City Transportation Authority, which was established by a vote of the people under state law (RCW Chapter 35.95A).
		The Seattle Monorail Project is governed by a nine member board that includes five members appointed by the interim Board and confirmed by the City Council, and two members each appointed by the City Council and Mayor and confirmed by the interim Board.
	www.seattlechannel.org /issues/monorail.asp (2547 words)

	Seattle Center Monorail
		The monorail was built by the Alweg company of Germany, and in 1962 it was a wonderful new marvel of rapid transit.
		Near the Seattle Center the guideways curve at the transition from 5th Avenue to 5th Avenue North, because the street changes direction at Denny Way, and north of Denny Way the guideways are aligned along the west side of 5th Avenue North.
		At the Seattle Center the guideway curve west onto the Center grounds and terminate at the Seattle Center Station.
	www.amasci.com /~robertf/monorail/oldline.html (1235 words)

	Seattle Center Monorail Photo Special Page 1
		What follows are photographs he shot of the famous Seattle Center Monorail, which has been operating since the 1962 Century 21 World's Fair.
		The outside track is accessed by the most troublesome mechanical devices for the Seattle Monorail maintenance crew, the retractable ramps.
		Seattle Monorail Services has had plans to rebuild the station to a two ramp station once again and eliminate these ramps, but that process has dragged on already for years (red tape?).
	www.monorails.org /tMspages/Seattlepix1.html (322 words)

	Nickels: Seattle Center Monorail back this summer
		Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels said Thursday the city will repair the disabled Seattle Center monorail trains and restart service this summer at a cost of $3 million to $4 million.
		Seattle Center Director Virginia Anderson said federal grants will be sought.
		The monorail is a part of the Seattle Center, which is in financial difficulty and not supporting itself.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/259009_monorail09ww.html (975 words)

	Election 2004: Monorail Q&A (Seattle Weekly)
		We watched in amusement as an irritated monorail board member, in the heat of a recent editorial-board debate, told a monorail opponent to "sit down and shut up!" The passion on both sides of this issue is palpable.
		Monorail supporter Peter Sherwin contends the monorail is a better bargain and a candidate for expansion, noting that the light-rail leg to Sea-Tac costs an average of more than $170 million per mile to build, while the monorail's Green Line would be about $120 million per mile.
		With the monorail relying wholly and Sound Transit in part on an MVET to pay to build their systems, a car owner whose renewal tags might otherwise have been a bargain $40 could end up paying an additional $200 or more, annually through 2040.
	www.seattleweekly.com /news/0442/041020_news_monorail.php (4527 words)

	The Seattle Monorail Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Monorail is also safe, as it cannot collide with cars or pedestrians and cannot derail.
		The ETC Seattle Popular Monorail Plan, which was adopted on August 5th, sets out a very clear, street-by-street route for the Green Line.
		The ETC Seattle Popular Monorail Plan commits that the Alweg monorail trains that have been running on the Seattle Center monorail for the last 40 years would be preserved, either in active service as part of the new monorail, or on display in a museum or other setting.
	archives.elevated.org /project/faq.shtm (1815 words)

	KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - News Archive - Fire On The Seattle Monorail
		SEATTLE - Fire struck one of Seattle's monorail trains outside the Experience Music Project at the Seattle Center Monday afternoon.
		Nine people, including a firefighter who injured a knee, were taken to Harborview Medical Center, but none of the injuries was considered serious, and none appeared to be burns, she said.
		The monorail, which includes both the "Blue Train" and a "Red Train," runs through the museum on its pathway between the Seattle Center and downtown Seattle.
	www.komotv.com /stories/31515.htm (512 words)

	The Monorail Initiative Seattle Washington USA
		Seattle voters will have a opportunity to say yes to the Monorail Initiative 41.
		And, because its rubber-tired, the Monorail will weigh a lot less than normal steel-wheeled trains and light-rail vehicles so the structure that it rides on weighs less (and costs a lot less to build).
		Because monorails are light and elevated, the rails tend to sway but not break in an earthquake.
	www.whatrain.com /monorail (986 words)

	Seattle Area Monorail
		It was built for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, and still operates today as the The Seattle Center Monorail.
		Meanwhile monorail employees conducted one final test, and problems were found in the pneumatic system, so the reopening was cancelled until the problems can be corrected.
		DRIVER BLAMED FOR MONORAIL CRASH (30 November 2005) — Results of an investigation by the Seattle Monorail System, which operates the Seattle Center Monorail, reveal that the driver of the southbound Blue Train was at fault for last Saturday’s sideswiping collision with the Red Train.
	www.eskimo.com /~robertf/monorail (909 words)

	Seattle: Huge Monorail Project Faces Growing Community Squabbles
		And, despite the frequent claims of monorail enthusiasts (who seem to contend that monorails have little impact and will be accepted with uncritical acclaim by the public), that rule appears to apply to monorail projects as well as to LRT (light rail), BRT, and other public transport undertakings.
		She proposed that instead of routing the monorail over her building, the SPMA route it instead down the middle of Fifth Avenue, as the Seattle Center Monorail has done for 30 years.
		In contrast, for Seattle's monorail project, this and other impacts have seemed to be a "dirty little secret" which many monorail marketers have preferred to obscure, presenting idealized fantasy portrayals of monorail rather than its true-to-life realities.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_monorail001.htm (2551 words)

	Seattle Monorail
		The Seattle Center Monorail is the nation's first full-scale commercial monorail system.
		It is a favorite part of the Seattle skyline and provides a fun, quick and convenient link from downtown Seattle to Seattle Center, home of the Space Needle, Pacific Science Center, the Experience Music Project, and a host of theatrical and cultural experiences.
		The Seattle Center Monorail is not associated with the new Seattle Monorail Project.
	www.seattlemonorail.com (184 words)

	Seattle Monorail
		So Seattle has, for now, lost the ability to solve a lot of its transportation problems with the use of an innovative technology.
		Seattle Center Monorail, as was planned after the 1962 World's Fair.
		The original Seattle World's Fair Monorail is still in operation (but will be removed for this project); it was the first commercial monorail system in the US.
	www.sireneinternet.net /pstran/spma/index.html (465 words)

	friendsofthemonorail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Then the monorail plan loomed, the area was designated as a place for pedestrians, and neighbors breathed a sigh, believing that said weedy lot would be spared for some other use as a magnet for riders and walkers.
		The Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- 8/12/2006: [Tom Albro] said a combination of insurance and federal grants paid for the repairs, and insurance is expected to cover the $1.5 million in lost revenues during the Monorail's nine-month closure.
		The Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- 5/12/2006: Ballard's distinctive Denny's diner, which was bought by the Seattle Monorail Project, is instead likely to be replaced by a large mixed-use development with roughly 40,000 square feet of retail space and 225 to 275 apartments or condominiums, according to bidders on the property.
	www.monorail.org (1441 words)

	Seattle Center (Seattle, WA) News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The C of Seattle says it is opening additional shelter space for the homeless in response to the area's dropping temperatures.
		A crash involving a Seattle police car and a white pickup injured an officer and the pickup driver Monday afternoon, and snarled traffic at a key intersection near downtown.
		The Seattle Center Monorail is being taken out of service indefinitely and may not be running in time for the Bumbershoot arts and music festival on Labor Day weekend.
	www.topix.net /city/seattle-wa-seattle-center (696 words)

	Monorail News Briefs
		So was born the "Kuala Lumpur Classic and Monorail Experience" tour, probably the first in the world to use an urban monorail system as an integral part of the tour.
		Seattle Center officials are anxious to see the monorail return to service, as the monorail produces $400,000 in annual revenue for the center and brings more tourists to and from downtown.
		Monorail Society President, Kim Pedersen, says, "The Seattle Monorail Project had become a fat pig, with fat-looking trains, fat pillars and a perceived fat price." Mayor Greg Nickels didn't help rescue the project, as he did with previously with Seattle's troubled light rail project.
	www.monorails.org /tMspages/News.html (2805 words)

	Seattle Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition.
		The annual Northwest Folklife, Bite of Seattle, Seattle International Children's Festival and Bumbershoot festivals and the many smaller festivals associated with Festál at Seattle Center.
		Center House, formerly known as the Food Circus, which includes a food court, the Center House Theater, the Children's Museum and The Center High School.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seattle_Center (349 words)

	Seattle Attractions: Seattle Monorail: Historic Travel
		A bus shuttle is operating in place of the Monorail on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
		The shuttle pickup/drop-off location at Seattle Center is located at the Harrision Street circle on the north side of the Experience Music Project.
		It was built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to provide a crucial link between the fairgrounds and the amenities downtown.
	www.seattleattractions.com /monorail.html (240 words)

	Seattle Center - What A Great Place!
		Seattle Center Winterfest is presented by KING 5 The Home Team with Seattle Center’s Community Partner The Seattle Times.
		As Seattle’s premier location for creating holiday memories, Winterfest is five weeks of traditional favorites like the ice rink, holiday train, sparkling lights, sporting events, exhibits, arts and cultural events and much more.
		Winterfest is produced by Seattle Center in partnership with the Experience Music Project, Pacific Science Center, the SuperSonics and the Space Needle with generous support from Seattle Center Fund, City of Seattle, Radio Disney and Seattle’s Child.
	www.seattlecenter.com (501 words)

	Monoreality (Seattle Weekly)
		Seattle Monorail Project (SMP) officials, who overestimated their revenue projections by a third, still think they have enough money to make a revised plan work through cutbacks and closing a license-plate-tax loophole that could leave scofflaws facing felony perjury charges.
		Even Dick Falkenbury, the Seattle cab driver who is considered the father of the monorail proposal, says he'd like to see the monorail's private contractors, now formulating their bids to design, build, operate, and maintain the system, toss out the project's planning and be turned loose to come up with their own "revolutionary" ideas.
		To monorail supporters, such prospects are the storm before the calm, the road rage we're just going to have to endure en route to creating a modern mass transit system.
	www.seattleweekly.com /news/0409/040303_news_monorail.php (3888 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Seattle Center Monorail -- History Worth Saving
		Glenn Barney is the General Manager of Seattle Monorail Services, but wrote the following letter to represent his personal position, and not necessarily the positions of either Seattle Monorail Services or the Seattle Center.
		During the last three years, the Seattle Center has administered nearly $2,000,000 in FTA grant-funded projects to verify the structural integrity of the ALWEG trains, and to perform refurbishment work.
		The Seattle-ALWEG monorail system is recognized world-wide by monorail enthusiasts, by public transit industry professionals, and by tourist and residents alike, as an icon of Seattle.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=4282 (2203 words)

	KOMOradio.com - Seattle, Washington - News Archive - Seattle Center Monorail To Return This Summer
		SEATTLE - The Seattle Center monorail should be running again this summer.
		Only one of two monorail trains will run at a time after the repairs are complete this summer until an automated system is in place to prevent operators from colliding like they did last November at a narrow turn near the downtown Westlake terminal.
		The monorail is a tourist attraction that carries more than 2 million people a year between the Seattle Center and the downtown retail core.
	www.komoradio.com /news/story.asp?ID=41774 (230 words)

	Seattle Center Monorail back in action
		The Seattle toddler got her long-awaited answer Friday when the Seattle Center, which owns the system, put its two trains back in service.
		The picture of the Monorail cruising back and forth between the Seattle Center and Westlake Mall on Friday proved far better than the one last November, when the Blue and Red trains sat wedged together for two days after sideswiping each other at the line's narrowest point, near Olive Way.
		The Monorail was reopened Friday after nearly $4 million in repairs and upgrades, including a new automated braking system designed to prevent November's collision from happening again.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /transportation/281032_monorail12.html (579 words)

	Seattle Center - What A Great Place! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Reflecting the cultural diversity and natural beauty of the Northwest, Seattle Center is the region's gathering place for year-round entertainment, cultural, educational and recreational activities and events.
		Each year more than 10 million visitors come to Seattle Center to enjoy community festivals, sporting events, concerts, cultural programs, theater performances, conventions and trade shows, or to simply frolic in the International Fountain and delight in the beauty and splendor of the 87-acre landscaped campus.
		The Seattle Center website is a part of and hosted by Seattle.gov, the official website of the City of Seattle.
	www.seattlecenter.com /attractions (141 words)

	Green Line Neighborhoods - Seattle Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Two stations will serve Seattle Center - one near Key Arena at 1st Avenue N and Republican Street and another near the Space Needle at 5th and Broad streets.
		In the Seattle Center area, the Green Line will travel along Harrison Street, along the perimeter of the Seattle Center, and on the west side of 5th Avenue N and 5th Avenue.
		The existing Seattle Center Monorail will be removed and the west sidewalk expanded, allowing for more pedestrian activity, café space, and other sidewalk amenities.
	www.elevated.org /community/neighborhoods/seattlecenter (194 words)

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