Freeway-based Monorail Idea Gains In Seattle

Supporters of building a freeway-based monorail along I-5 in Seattle, WA, are aggressively promoting the propoal.

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April 26, 2002, 3:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"It started with a graduate student's thesis and grew into an idea with broader appeal -- why not build a monorail along Interstate 5 to carry commuters between North Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport and perhaps beyond? Apprentice architect Jeff Boone started the effort by completing a University of Washington master's thesis on the subject two years ago. He began researching I-5's impact on the city since its completion, and how its space might be better used.He soon came around to the monorail idea. It was a form of mass transit with a narrow footprint that he calculated could fit within the freeway right-of-way, potentially moving thousands of people and relieving congestion without displacing homes or businesses." [Includes a map of the proposed route.]

Thanks to Joshuah D. Mello

FULL STORY: I-5 monorail idea gathering steam

Friday, April 26, 2002 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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