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SOONish host Wade Roush speaks with TMS founder Kim Pedersen on the origins of Kim's interest in monorails; the birth of the Monorail Society; the inextricable ties between Walt Disney and monorail development in the US; his own efforts to help get a massive regional monorail project off the ground in Seattle; the boom in monorail construction in other countries; and the difficulties besetting the technology here in America.
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The world must act fast if it's to ward off global disaster. Can monorail technology come to the aid of mankind? TMS says YES IT CAN! And here's the plan to prove it. |
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Waltham, MA Mayor Jeannette McCarthy wants you to "Imagine if your commute could be like a Disney ride..." She says monorail is a "creative solution to deal with quality-of-life issues" facing her city. She says we must "plan for the future". She says Waltham must install a monorail to stay "competitive". We agree. |
With growing traffic congestion, Fort Worth considers driverless "flying" cars.
Bombardier Inc and China's CRRC Corp Ltd have won a joint venture of 1.79 billion yuan ($271-million) contract to build a monorail line for the Chinese city of Wuhu with its automated Innovia monorail system and 240 cars. "We are confident that the monorail will become an icon for Wuhu city and we will see more Bombardier monorail systems in other Chinese cities in the future," said Bombardier China President Zhang Jianwei.
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