Yes. Elevated LRT has about the absolute worst visual overhead, not only for the massive guideway, but then you have the ugly OCS on top of that. It's a terrible solution.
VAL gets around this by using much smaller vehicles that run at very high frequency. The tunnels are therefore much smaller (less $$$) and the overhead guideway is smaller (prettier).
Monorail (take your pick of what type/tech) always wins for lowest overhead structure - that's probably the biggest advantage. Take a look at some of the earlier discussion in this thread for examples (here, and here). Some of the Japanese monorails aren't perhaps the best examples, though (here) - strict laws around earthquake protection mean they have a higher frequency of support columns.
...but so does everything else there, so it's a moot point.
VAL gets around this by using much smaller vehicles that run at very high frequency. The tunnels are therefore much smaller (less $$$) and the overhead guideway is smaller (prettier).
Monorail (take your pick of what type/tech) always wins for lowest overhead structure - that's probably the biggest advantage. Take a look at some of the earlier discussion in this thread for examples (here, and here). Some of the Japanese monorails aren't perhaps the best examples, though (here) - strict laws around earthquake protection mean they have a higher frequency of support columns.
...but so does everything else there, so it's a moot point.