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Meet Andre Bacon, the Seattle Central student who drives the Seattle Monorail
BySophia Bruscato Thursday, April 25, 2024Thursday, April 25, 2024

At only 18 years-old, Andre Bacon, a Seattle Central student majoring in Computer Science, operates the Seattle Monorail, which runs from Westlake Center to the base of the Space Needle.The structure was built for the 1962 World’s Fair in order to shuttle people from the densely populated downtown area to, at the time, the underdeveloped…

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Monorail soon accepting ORCA cards
ByTiffany-Ashton Gatsby Saturday, June 22, 2019Thursday, March 24, 2022

In 1962, the Seattle Monorail, built for the World’s Fair in Seattle was considered to be the future of transportation for crowded cities. Monorail systems can whisk passengers through town without interfering with street traffic or installing massive tunnels. There has been an ongoing debate in Seattle as to whether to expand the monorail system…

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