No, really. The old monorail caught fire Monday afternoon. KOMO-TV has more pictures. Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured. But just imagine the potential for disaster if there were ever a fire on the proposed monorail that aspires to transport 69,000 riders a day. As Jacqueline Passey observes, the proposed monorail would be even higher off the ground than the historic monorail, and rescuing passengers in the event of such a fire would be even more difficult, if not impossible.
Why risk your life in the Moronorail? Now, more than ever: Monorail Recall.com.
UPDATE: The P-I has an impressive Monorail-up-in-smoke photo gallery
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 31, 2004 09:07 PMI can't quite understand your hysteria about the monorail.
Posted by: David Sucher on June 2, 2004 04:17 PMOne would hope that no one ever would need to be rescued from the Ballard Bridge crossing point.
From the SMP site: http://www.elevated.org/neighborhoods/ballard/
Ballard Crossing - a Monorail-only bridge will be built across the Lake Washington Ship Canal approximately 40 to 50 feet west of the existing Ballard Bridge, stretching from just north of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Ballard to north of Dravus Street in Interbay. The bridge will provide sufficient navigational clearance of at least 120 feet over the entire width of the channel. The bridge will offer riders a unique view of Salmon Bay and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Yikes!
Posted by: chunkstyle on June 3, 2004 03:32 PM