monorail
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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
The decision comes after years of often bitter debate between theme park operator Flamingo Land and people living in the area who campaigned against the plan to build a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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
Meanwhile, chaos erupted on Tuesday after a monorail system, which was reportedly full far beyond its capacity, halted mid-track.
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
But he has waxed publicly about his admiration for monorails.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021
Done wrong, High Lines could become the latest in a long list of urban design failures, such as downtown shopping malls, underground passages, skyways – and monorails.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2017
Still, attention overwhelmingly turned to single-mode PRT and more traditional automated "people movers" like monorails.
From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2016
The monorails run right into the hotel lobby, every ten minutes.
From Return to Pleasure Island by Cory Doctorow
Vocabulary lists containing monorail
mon, mono (one)
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