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Title: "Monorail: The Intelligent Alternative"
START DATE: 6/4/2009
START TIME: 8:00 PM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Event Topic: Transportation/environment/population
Event Type: screening
Contact Name: Echo Park Film Center
Contact Email: info@echoparkfilmcenter.org
Contact Phone: 213-484-8846
DESCRIPTION:
Monorail: The Intelligent Alternative (produced by The Monorail Society) makes a compelling case that monorails are, in fact, far more flexible; cost-effective; popular; practical (and contrary to popular belief, they can easily switch tracks); aesthetically-pleasing; and safe than light rails.

All of this is demonstrated vis-a-vis existing monorail systems in Asia as well as the U.S.

Their cost effectiveness (generally, they are one-third as expensive as light rails) is exemplified by the relative speed at which they can be built (in Las Vegas, 400 feet of track was installed in one day)--affecting businesses much less and requiring less traffic to be delayed via lane closures--and lower maintenance and operation costs. In fact, monorails have a history of making profits.

Monorail stations are much simpler than light rail stations and more adaptable. (Several are shown in the DVD and juxtaposed with the larger light rail stations.) Sometimes they're even located indoors. Monorail stations "can be designed to fit in with any environment. A handful of small pylons are all that's needed in terms of real estate."

As an example, in Okinawa Japan, a sidewalk-sized transportation corridor was able to accommodate both a monorail line--and a station.

The reason for the long-held misconceptions about monorails may be self-evident to some, but the films addresses that as well.

A member of The Monorail Society will be there, and part of another film, Monorails of Malaysia, will be shown.

A donation will be requested.
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