The United States should make a trans-continental monorail for human transportation

Those definitions are what I had in mind so we shall be using those definitions for trans-continental and monorail. Observation 1: The status quo (inherency, what is going on right now) Currently America's railroad system is a joke "In 1926, almost 32 billion passenger-miles were traveled via the major railroads. By 2000, however, these rail passenger-miles had declined by more than half to 15 billion. "[1] clearly Americans are not riding the current train system anymore. America's current transcontinental railroad train releases huge quantities of green house gases and help ruin the environment. A plane trip to Las Angeles from New York the cheapest I could find, that was a round trip, was from delta airlines but it costs "$556. "[2] Observation 2: The advantages of a transcontinental monorail 1. It is nearly free! As I said on in my observation 1, plane tickets from either end of the nation are expensive but a ticket on a monorail would become really cheap. Most places that have a monorail do not charge money to ride their monorail or they charge a minimum fee. An example of a monorail's benefits is the Las Vegas monorail, "One-Day Pass$12.00"[3] Now also keep in mind that places such as Disney land do not charge money for their monorail tickets. Now just try to imagine this fee but to travel all the way across the nation. The reason behind this is because the monorail does not take any expensive fuel to make it move, instead it uses cheap electricity. 2. It is fast enough to move across country Let us look back at the Las Angeles to and from New York. It is 2807 miles (you can just Google maps it, also that is by road). If we were to take just the Las Vegas monorail again as the example, "Reaching speeds up to 50 mph"[3] I did the math for you and it would take a little bit over 2 days to reach one end. But also keep this in mind that the monorail can be upgraded and developed to go even faster and get to one end. I believe that if America were to start constructing the rail, that scientists given the task to construct a faster monorail would be able to solve it by the time the rail were to be created. 3. It is environmentally safer than other means "In 2011, the Las Vegas Monorail aided in the annual removal of an estimated 2.2 million vehicle miles from Southern Nevada's major roadways, reducing emissions by more than 35 tons of carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) over the course of the year. "[3] Now imagine this but on a larger scale. The transcontinental railroad and airplanes currently hurt the ozone by using burnable fuel that will release gases that will hurt the Ozone, unlike the monorail it will not because it will use electricity. Depending on what the scientists who make the finished designs will decide on what will give it power, whether it will get solar energy or charge up at each station, even I can not tell the future, but the best thing would be to use solar energy but have back up energy from either the sun or from the station when it has gotten charged. In the end it will be much cleaner than a plane, the current transcontinental railroad, or by car. 4. It is very convenient to go coast to coast The monorail will open a new path way from coast to coast, allowing people on one side travel all the way to the other side in a very cheap and still fast way. It will open more tourism on both ends, allowing small companies and businesses to grow and to help the American economy. Here is a story for us to understand why America needs a monorail, there is giant chasm and there are multiple ways to get across, you can walk across but that would take you too much time, you can drive across, although it would be faster than walking but it would cause more trouble, you could walk on the bridge that goes across the chasm but it dips down to almost the chasm floor, you could drive across the flat bridge across but there will be many others doing the same thing and you would have to pay the huge toll to get on the bridge, or you could walk across the other flat bridge that is nearly free. In my story walking across the chasm intended to walk across the nation, it would be very long but free. To drive across intended to drive across the nation, it wouldn't be as long but there would be a lot of problems with the chances of getting lost and other problems. The bridge that bent down was to take the current railroad, it wouldn't be long but still longer than the other bridges. The bridge to drive across but pay a huge toll was to fly across it would be fast but you have to pay a lot of money. And the last bridge to walk across was the monorail, it is faster than the previous ways except flying, and it wouldn't cost a lot of money. 5. Wouldn't take that much money or that much time to get one up "Simply put. .. dig a hole, drop in a pre-built support pylon, truck in the track which was manufactured offsite, lift into place! Monorail beamway can be installed far faster than the alternatives. This is a Las Vegas Monorail beam being put into place. From truck bed to pylons was a matter of a few minutes. The entire system took only seven months to construct. No other fixed rail can be installed as quickly and as disruption-free. "[4] It is simple to put up a new monorail, and with all the benefits of this monorail I don't think the time or money difference would be much of a bad thing. 6. It is safer than any other transportation alternatives "Monorails have an excellent safety record. "[4] Monorails are much safer than other means. A monorail sits above the ground so could not be attacked by other cars or land vehicles. A plane has the chance of having major problems or becoming hijacked. Cars have the chance of breaking down out in the middle of nowhere. The current train system can become derailed or a car can crash into it. Observation 3: Conclusion I have stated 6 reasons why America should make a transcontinental monorail for human transportation. It is very cheap to go from one end of the nation to the other end. It is fast enough to get the job done. It is environmentally safer than any other way such as planes or the current train system. It opens a new way to get to and back and that allows growth on both ends. When America decides to make one it wouldn't take that much time or cost that much money. Lastly it is much safer than any other means of transportation to go from one end to the other. Vote for Pro! [1] = . http://www.econedlink.org... [2] = . http://www.farecompare.com... [3] = . http://www.lvmonorail.com... [4] = . http://www.monorails.org...