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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005: Page updated at 7:50 AM

Table of the trains

Elbow room

The Seattle monorail, under current proposals, would provide less space per rider than what's considered acceptable during rush hour for some other transit systems, such as Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) or the New York subway.

BART

6 square feet per person

New York

4 square feet per person

Monorail

3 square feet per person

Source: Seattle planning commission report

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