Jacksonville Skyway has found a cheaper way to fix the people mover

[Adam White]

You can run monorails at grade.

It requires either the road treat it like a railroad crossing with crossing guards and a small 2 part drawspan that pulls up when the monorail cars come by, and then rests on the center rail the rest of the time or reverse the method and have a 2 part drawspan that only comes down when the monorail triggers the sensor, kind of like the FEC rail bridge, which stays up until a train comes.

Crossing a railroad is a different matter. With the FEC being the only railroad in town near the Skyway at the moment, they would probably require a permanent, non-moveable span.

Thanks for that, Spuwho. I don't know anything about monorails. I'd love to see the Skyway extended (a lot), in one form or another. I do think it needs to be at grade as opposed to elevated.

[acme54321]

Expanding the existing system at grade through the surrounding neighborhoods is a non starter.  Period.  Sounds very Jacksonville though

[ProjectMaximus]

You can run monorails at grade.

So possible but not terribly practical.