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monorail

noun as in people mover

noun as in railroad

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Most of a monorail could be built within the highway right of way.

The study assumed monorail trains would arrive every six minutes during the morning and evening rush and every 12 minutes off-peak.

His company owns property across the Washington region, he said, but not at any of the proposed monorail stations.

Clustering new homes and jobs around monorail stations would help the area grow in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly way, Eisinger said.

Eisinger said he believes a monorail could be built and operated via a public-private partnership with teams of companies financing its construction and operating it in exchange for state payments to cover their debt, costs and a profit.

Before the revolution, he makes a mere monorail for Brisbane.

There is also another type of monorail of overhead construction, the wheels running on the rail from which the car hangs.

A distance away, a hundred feet above the ground level, the shadowy form of what seemed a monorail structure showed for a moment.

The two men turned quickly and disappeared through the door leading to the next monorail car.

Wearily, they drifted with the crowd and stepped on the slidestairs leading down to the monorail platform.

Suddenly the monorail roared out of the tunnel and into brilliant early-morning sun again.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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