Staying on Track

This week, I noted that Las Vegas has opened a monorail. It runs from the Sahara to the MGM Grande. That's seems like a good idea although I thought part of the Vegas experience meant getting sore feet walking up and down the Strip.

Apparently, Bombardier Transportation (the Canadian Ski-Doo people) built it. They are also responsible for producing our local SkyTrain which I frequently mention here. Finally, after a few false starts, they will also be building an Vancouver airport-to-downtown line that will be completed before the 2010 Winter Olympics.


The land, to the west of the New Westminster Station, was
recently okayed for development. Eventually, a few twenty-five
to thirty storey residential towers will sprout from the
grassy area.