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[stick n move]

Kansas city is going to vote on whether they want to add a 1/4 cent sales tax along with extend an existing 3/8s cent sales tax… to build a fucking monorail. Imagine getting so close but being so far. Monorail proposal in 2026 lol.

Kansas City voters to decide in April whether to approve sales taxes that would fund monorail system

Kansas City, Missouri, voters will decide in April whether or not to approve funding for a citywide monorail system.

www.kshb.com

 

[HenryAlan]

I will say, based on what little is in the article, that the proposed route is probably fairly useful, especially with the associated feeder bus plan. That said, why do these dumb monorail proposals keep popping up? I was shocked that L.A. seemed to seriously consider a monorail for the Sepulveda pass service before coming to their senses. This should be light metro, not a monorail!

 

[RandomWalk]

Lyle Lanley is a fast talker.

 

[stick n move]

Incredible what LA is doing, especially in 2026.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2112968062542770462

 

[Stlin]

Incredible what LA is doing, especially in 2026.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2112968062542770462

With the extremely notable exception, however, of the LAX People Mover.

The YouTuber Who Exposed the LAX People Mover Fiasco

Why is the much-ballyhooed elevated train project so massively over budget and inexplicably delayed? A Hollywood editor and L.A. transit obsessive sought answers …

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[F-Line to Dudley]

https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/high-speed/california-high-speed-board-set-to-award-trainset-contract-to-siemens/

CAHSR makes its rolling stock purchase: Siemens American Pioneer 220. Based off Siemens' widespread Velaro HSR trainset family, and the same exact make that Brightline West is ordering.