Monorail foes file suit to halt project | Seattle P-I

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Monorail foes file suit to halt project

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

The battle over the city's proposed monorail system, steadily heating up in political circles, has ended up in court.

Opponents, under a deadline, have asked the King County Superior Court to throw out both an environmental impact statement done for the system and a decision by the Seattle Monorail Project board to accept a 14-mile route between Ballard and West Seattle.

The suit, filed Wednesday, said the environmental study didn't adequately address the effects of the new line. The suit also alleged that the board's approval of the corridor "prejudiced and pre-empted" two administrative appeals of the study filed several days before the board approved the corridor March 29.

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[brainshrub]

1. Sounds like a Simpsons episode.

Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What'd I say?

Ned Flanders: Monorail!

Lyle Lanley: What's it called?

Patty+Selma: Monorail!

Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail!

(crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically)

Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...

Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.

Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?

Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.

Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?

Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs.

Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?

Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.

Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.

Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!

All: Monorail!

Lyle Lanley: What's it called?

All: Monorail!

Lyle Lanley: Once again...

All: Monorail!

Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...

Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!

All: Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!

Monorail!

Homer: Mono... D'oh!

[Guaranteed]

7. You know, Conan wrote that episode

:)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. The monorail is the sensible solution to our gridlock.

Cheaper.
Smaller footprint.
Can be used in existing right-of-ways.
Unique.

This is why we'll never get it.

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. Get off the goddam public transportation...

..and ride a car like a real aMurkan, for crissakes. How else can we sell you gas? What are you, French?

Oh, and if we catch you carpooling, we'll mess you up.

One aMurkan, one car.

It's God's way.

[0007]

4. Ah yes, one car one American, and that American owns three cars

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Oui.

The anti-monorail folks are lead by, get this, the asphalt companies. They're real 'mer'cans.

[Ookie]

6. It drives me crazy to read all the opposition stories

I've been following the monorail story since the very beginning and have done my own research on it vs light rail and it is very clear that a monorail is the superior choice. Just think, the monorail gliding along I-5 as the rest of traffic sits absolutely still. What better advertising is there for a mass transit system.