“Is Germany’s monorail the public transport of the future?” asks this video from German news source DW News. In accordance with Betteridge’s Law, the answer is a resounding “No!”
The selling point of this not-really-a-monorail (see 4:18 of above video) is that it will work on existing tracks and so doesn’t need new infrastructure built for it. The first problem is that, so far, it can’t cross switches. The second problem is that it is slow compared with almost any other form of motorized travel. Continue reading
