Seattle has a monorail?

Hey I read this whole article. Who knew that Seattle had a monorail? I sure didn't. The only thing I know about that city is that it rains all the time and starbucks, Microsoft and Boeing live there. What idiot places monorail track so close together that passing trains may strike each other? It's a shame that the voters up there didn't vote to expand the current system as I’m sure it would have promoted tourism there. How many cities even have monorails? Malaysia has one kick ass monorail. Why not DC? Putting aside the obviously crude Simpson’s references for just one second, I'd like to say that a monorail would do more good for dc than the currently proposed baseball stadium and we could build one smokin’ hot monorail with the cash dc is prepared to sink into the new sports entertainment complex proposed for SE DC.

Monorail accident caused by human error

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE -- Human error caused the Seattle monorail accident. The inbound driver failed to yield to the other train at the point where the track are too close together for passing, officials said Wednesday.

"The incident is a sad situation for all concerned and we are very relieved that no one was seriously injured," said Stuart Rolfe, a Seattle Monorail Services partner, in a statement. "The inbound driver was an experienced individual who made some very unfortunate and costly errors."

Seattle Police reported Wednesday that drug tests on both drivers by an independent lab showed "illegal substances were not a factor in the accident."

The monorail's only two cars sideswiped each other on a curve near the downtown station Saturday evening, and both ground to a halt. Fire crews helped the 84 passengers down from the 28-foot-high tracks. There were no serious injuries.