A monorail -- not the answer to CT's transit needs

A monorail -- not the answer to CT's transit needs

While taking a summertime break this week, here’s a column I wrote a while back. What is this fascination that people have with monorails?  I can’t tell you how often people suggest them as “the answer” to our state’s clogged roads. “Why don’t we build a monorail down the middle of The Merritt Parkway?” asked an architect at a recent meeting.  To my astonishment, such an idea was once studied! As lore has it, back in the mid-1980’s local tech g…

Monorails: Too Expensive and Slow to Be Mass Transit’s Future — If Their Past and Present Are Any Guide

While taking a summertime break this week, here’s a column I wrote awhile back. What is this fascination that people have with monorails? I can’t tell you how often people suggest them as “the answer” to our state’s clogged roads. “Why don’t we build a monorail down the middle of The Merritt Parkway?,” asked an […] The post Monorails: Too Expensive and Slow to Be Mass Transit’s Future — If Their Past and Present Are Any Guide appeared first on D…