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Here in NM we have no objection against new technologies. But it often happens, in our culture, that a novelty in this field will be accepted with an attitude rather uncritically, without adequate archiexpo reflection archiexpo on its real utility. Even urban mobility is no exception. An example is the elevated monorail that often, the evidence shows, proves an expensive toy almost useless. From a post by Jarret Sidney Walker.
Public authorities in Sydney are giving clear signals of a possible archiexpo removal of the monorail town, officially to better restructure the convention center but also to remove some obstacles to the construction of the new light rail.
According to a source from one of the consortia that are participating archiexpo in the tender for the construction work of the new convention center has not yet been taken of the decisions but "the government has made it clear that the presence of the monorail should not affect our projects . Instead we said that the new railway line is pretty important. "
This could be read as a history of fierce and powerful palazzinari archiexpo destroying a key resource for public transport, but it is not. The monorail in Sydney, opened in 1988, is the red line in the map below: unidirectional ring is a line that connects the center with the adjacent tourist district of Darling Harbour.
How many toys public transport, was built on the simple assumption that the charm of the technology would transcend its lack of utility. Its most obvious use is for travel between the area fairs / conferences on the western side of the ring and the city center on the east side, but the stops on the west side serving the Trade Fair and Paddy's archiexpo Markets are located near large parking areas, forcing a long crossing on foot uninviting. The fare is $ 5 Australians (4 euro). And the distance from one side of the ring is 1.5 km, mostly along paths reasonably pleasant that take you to the entrance of your destination although, to be fair, we must say that along the way there you can come across a freeway overpass on the waterfront.
I lived and worked in the center for five years, crossing the area pertaining to the monorail to several times a week. Only twice, because of a very bad time, I used the monorail.
The presence of the monorail is an obstacle, indirectly, to the construction of light rail, since its pylons form bottlenecks in a potential lane along Pitt Street that could be used to reorganize the space road recovering space on George Street to use to accommodate the tramway. The light rail is designed to be useful. Will run on its own premises (that is why it is not a tram) and will be the central segment of many rail lines, will unwind in several directions corridors serving high transport demand. Its high capacity and service in both directions in places with high demand will make it a real public transport service, in contrast to the weak unidirectional ring monorail.
If someone in your town want to introduce innovative and fun technology service using unidirectional ring remember: There are few who likes to travel in circles Apart from tourists who travel for pleasure, most people need a direct service return that the rings do not meet well Rings are inherently closed unto stes