The folks at King County Monorail have ac hieved a minor victory. Sound Transit is going to study monorail as part of it s future transit mix. Here’s what the Seattle PI had to s ay.

Sound Transit staff members doing a study of future transit projects for the r egion known as Phase 2 had earlier indicated they wanted to stick to building o n what the agency already offers: regional express bus service, commuter rail a nd light rail.

But one-third of public comments on Phase 2 asked Sound Transit to consider mo norail in Phase 2.

Yesterday, Sound Transit board members advised Sound Transit Planning Director Paul Matsuoka to study monorail for a number of different locations, such as a cross Interstate 90 and above the Burke-Gilman Trail along state Route 522.