Report of findings to City of Seattle from a study of data relating to formulation of a decision on the possible retention and future use of the monorail

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A study of data relatlfag to formulation of
a decision on .the/ppssjble retention and
future use of the monorail^
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By Martin tkse and Henry PtJ Knowlee,
acting as consultants for the
City of Seattle, Washington.
This study was made in accordance w*th a prospectus dated
November 5, 1962 submitted to Mr. Roy Morse, City Engineer, on „^
November 8.  It presents, with some minor modifications of the
prospectus suggested by Mr. Morse, as complete a coverage as possible, in very limited time, of the ite^me of study suggested i*t
the interim oommittee report to Mayor Gprdon S. Clinton e»ti£led
"Study of Use of the Alweg Monorail System after the Fairr" <|ated
August 23, 1962 „
Till problem of estimating annual revenue potential shpuid
|nonorail continue to be operated is a difficult one. No prece-
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fleiits are available, no direct experience data are  applicable.
There  are not even complete figures on pre-Fair tourist visits to
the Seattle  area which might serve  as one bench-mark in establishing trends0     It was therefore  necessary to rely entirely on informed bpinipn in arriving at estimates,  weighing the  pros  and
fone  concerning the possible  future  applications of the  present
monorail system on the scale of judgment. ■'&
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It was considered that future patrons of the monorail wo^d
tft drawn from three principal markets: first, from the tourist '
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