Seattle Monorail: Transit bargain?
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial Board — 9/5/2006: A contributor to the Seattle P-I’s online “Soundoffs” weighed in with this: “There is zero possibility that we could replace this transit corridor with any different transit system (or road construction) that would move as many people for $4.5 million. … Let’s also compare the Monorail with the South Lake Union Streetcar that the mayor so proudly supports: SLU Streetcar — $50 million, 1.3 miles, expected to carry 350,000 passengers in the first year; Seattle Center Monorail — $4.5 million, one mile, regularly carries 2.5 million passengers annually (when running).
