Wuppertal Schwebebahn – The 108 year old gadgetbahnen!

The Wuppertal Schwebebahn isAi??Ai??one of theAi??Ai??most unique public transit system in the world, a true monorail.Ai??Ai??Opened in 1901, the Schwebebahn operated overAi??Ai??98 years before it recorded itsAi??Ai??first fatal accident and thus quite correctly, can be called the safest public transit system in the world. What is also interesting is that the Schwebebahn was never copied […]

Seattle’s monrail versus LRT debate – Same story, different players!

This, from the Seattle Transit blog, is a short history of Seattle’s virulent monorail debate that caused much “wailing and gnashing of teeth” south of the 49th! March 19, 2008 at 11:20 am A Rehash: What Was Wrong With The Monorail by Ben Schiendelman A week ago, while talking about the viaduct, a friend said […]