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Originally Posted by Cirrus

A couple of more things, just for the record:[list][*]11,000 pphpd is exactly the medium-high capacity range I identified as appropriate for monorail in my last post. Most American at-grade LRT systems that cross streets have less then 5,000, while fully-separated LRT can go up to 20-25,000 (but rarely does). Most third rail metros around the world are in the 30-40,000 range, with a few up to 80,000. 11,000 pphpd is exactly the range where you'd be justified going to the expense of full grade separation, but not enough to need a particularly heavy system. In other words, your numbers show that those two lines fit exactly inside the niche of capacity needs that are appropriate to be served by monorail.

So what happened to your claim that monorail couldn't do the same capacity as elevated light rail? Did it just evaporate?