Skyride - another excellent Monorail system.

Why are cycle monorails like buses - because you wait a long time for one and then suddenly two come at once!

Scott Olson ( the guy that invented roller blades ) has put money into a cycle monorail called SkyRide  


They do mention a 'switch' technology ( this helps you over take and run an full network of interconnected tracks and have stations without stopping traffic ).

The GreenProphet article also includes a note being very positive about a this being linked with the new  Masdar City ( low carbon city ) in the UAE. 


I could go on at length about how cool it is  but I'm not . I like this and I wish it all the best.  


more pictures here 

the wireroad

I found this cycle monotrails system and I'm very very intrigued by it.  This looks to be partly thin  ( I mean thin) rail and partly steel wire but for the life of me I can't quite see how it works. Have a look and for your self.



If it was possible (which it clearly is)  to have sections of wire cable for a monorail that that would be a truly remarkable thing. The visual intrusion argument would be over. I've been looking at the video again and again and I think this system works mostly on a rail ( like the Wuppertal Schwebebahn) monorails and then has a stretch of cable pulled between two solid rails which extend on to it.


Which is exactly what you need. - the solid rail for curved sections and the wire sections for straight  places where you need very very minimal visual intrusion. The wire here is even smaller than the sheweb enclosed . So basically you have an aerial tramway (aka cable car / ski lift) - which has a good history behind it of operation with sections of tracked monorail.

Naturally being a cycle system you get very thin wires with amount as minimal intrusion as you could expect.

More sweeb

A nice more detailed vid about the Sweeb system.