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monorail

[mon-uh-reyl] / ˈmɒn əˌreɪl /
NOUN
people mover
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“I don’t think there’s any other option but to move forward with the project,” said Daisuke Hasegawa, a 23-year-old monorail driver in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, referring to the Futenma relocation plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Flanking a stage near the monorail station, you’ll find a glistening white tower, the work of artist and activist Nikkolas Smith, who has adopted the term “artivist.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

The option eliminates a controversial monorail proposal through the Sepulveda Pass and bypasses a stop at the Getty Center, which had once been under consideration.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

Authorities on Tuesday rescued nearly 600 people who got stuck on an overcrowded monorail system that stopped mid-journey.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2025

Lenina, meanw hile, had turned her eyes away and was looking perpendicularly downwards at the monorail station.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Gurr’s defining Disney creations — the sci-fi-inspired monorails of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, the first implementation of a tubular steel coaster in the Matterhorn — are just a small fraction of his résumé.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2025

With the exception of Japanese cities and Disney resorts, monorails didn’t proliferate worldwide.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2022

Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2021

Still, attention overwhelmingly turned to single-mode PRT and more traditional automated "people movers" like monorails.

From The Verge Feb. 24, 2016

The streets were narrow and filled with monorails; pedestrians pursued their courses upon walks attached to the walls of the buildings, far above the level of the streets.

From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith




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