01-18-2016, 06:19 PM
(01-18-2016, 05:52 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: It’s a different system but I have to say that my opinion of the usefulness of monorail is slightly higher than previously. The number of new, many-station, high-capacity systems opening lately in Asia makes me think they might be more useful than I thought. I might be similarly convinced about ICTS.
Asia is building new rail systems left, right an center, some of those are monorail, but as a percentage of all built the number doesn't seem to be going up. Also quite tellingly some of the monorail systems are being extended with standard subway. Monorails look cool which means that are a common go to when a city wants to project a modernistic image e.g. Seattle, regardless of what is their ideal system for their specific needs.