Remember long ago, in the midst of all that Y2K business, when Henry Cisneros and other big kahunas were talking monorails here in SA? Well, WOAI has an interesting article online: Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson is talking about building a local monorail again -- saying that everyone agrees that it was a mistake not to build one last time. He's talking about a light rail connecting San Antonio and Austin, but the comments to the article have some interesting ideas, like David Keeler's --
"A monorail system, ala Walt Disney World, serving from downtown to the theme parks by way of the park and ride stations would be better both as a year around transport and as a TOURIST trap, and more cost effective too. Second phase could be to make a "looper" to take the place of the present busses. The third part would be to talk the Texas State Railway into operating a "Special" between downtown and Fiesta Texas, and make a real talking point for San Antonio."
Wonder if David Keeler is going to the 2008 Transportation Choices Forum that's being held here tomorrow.
By the way, Commissioner Tommy Atkisson can be reached at (210) 335-2614 or at tadkisson@bexar.org, if you want to give him your two cents worth on this monorail idea.
Meanwhile, just one teeny question: is anyone pondering the traffic jam that is 281 right now?
Image: Disney World Monorail, Orlando, Florida
