Re: (Sydney) Monorail on track for court

["Peter Berrett" <pberrett@optushome.com.au>]

I think it is great idea! Anything would be better than Auckland existing
rail service. Even Adelaide's rail service is better and that is saying
something!

Go Schwebebahn!

cheers peter

David McLoughlin <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote in message
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> David Bromage wrote:
> >
> > David McLoughlin (davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz) wrote:
>
> > > I do agree that the monorail is a ghastly eyesore and should be pulled
> > > down. But I was surprised to read in that article today how many
> > > passengers it was claimed used it.
> >   ^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Read: tourists.
>
>
> Yes. They go over to Sydney from here and come back saying Auckland
> needs a monorail.
>
> Last week some company got a blaze of publicity over a plan to string
> "monobeams" above Auckland's main roads and freeways, under which would
> run "cabin taxis" which would solve the city's transport problems. The
> spokesman wanted $1 billion of public money to pay for it. A radio
> interviewer asked if any other city used the system and he said "one."
> She asked him where and he said : "Wuppertal."
>
> Jesus wept. Imagine a schwebebahn running down the middle of Auckland's
> main street. What worries me is that a pile of my taxes will probably go
> on some useless study into it.
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand