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Chongqing Monorail (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

aren't monorails bad?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

How can this be bad? Suspended monorails are cool af.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I made a post about when and when not to use monorails.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think it's a horses for courses thing. From what I understand, Chongqing for example is densely populated and has variable elevation which would make streetcars/trams less suitable for above-ground transport. Having monorail sidesteps some of these issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

my parents are from chongqing and i'm going back next summer. I can't wait to see the public transit! I haven't been back in quite a few years(pre pandemic) and i'm exited to take the metro and HSR(i at least remember riding that the last time I was in china)