Why The Monorail Keeps Failing - Cheddar Explains
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Length: 8min 54sec (534 seconds)
Published: Tue Sep 01 2020
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This video is pretty mediocre... like most of Cheddar's videos. Poorly researched, very little information in a lot of words.
*...in the US
As mentioned in the video, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn is still going strong and so are some other monorail systems around the world.
Edit: As mentioned below, there have recently been some issues with the rolling stock, but for a 119 year old system ridership is doing well when it is operating.
The simpsons episode killed any chance of monorails getting funded in the USA. Iβm deadass serious about that take lol
Chongqing, SΓ£o Paulo, Bangkok, Mumbai, Daegu, Kuala Lumpur, etc. Monorails are used well some places. Geography seems to be the most compelling reason to use them well as a mass transit system vs heavy rail, but not just that.
Note in the geographical side: LA may see mass monorail transit on the Sepulveda Pass Corridor because of the difficult terrain. We shall see.
It doesnβt seem to be failing in Bangkok. Right now two monorail lines are under construction (Pink, Yellow) and a third (Brown) is under planning.
Despite covering the Melaka Monorail, they failed to mention the current operating KL Monorail which carried 34,345 passengers a day last year. Another interesting failed monorail project they couldβve covered is the Putrajaya Monorail which was cancelled in 2004. A tunnel and suspension bridge purpose built for the monorail still sit abandoned, Putrajaya Sentral station still has the monorail tracks for the planned monorail station and attempts to revitalise the project have since been largely unsuccessful.
The dismal experience of the monorail should be instructive to developing transportation options touting the supposed profitability which will be integral to the financing and construction of that mode. Monorails promised lower capital costs than even the supposed 'revolutionary' low cost touted by advocates of developing modes. As with advocates for emerging modes, supporters of monorails pointed to the possibility of profitable operation. The abject failure to achieve these goals in the face of heavily subsidized automobile infrastructure provides a cautionary tale for developers of mass transit systems.
Chongqing yβall
Planned obsolescence
But Main Streetβs still all cracked and broken!