Because the guideway width is significantly less (in the case of supported systems, aka ALWEG-style). It is a small overhead structure, instead of a massive concrete overhead arrangement, which looks like a traffic overpass.
...and before anyone says it, this system has 3 lines, 25 km of guideway, moves 150,000 people per day and services an area the size of Kitchener.
We got Light Rail because one of the requirements in the technology selection matrix made up by the region was Step on, Step off. So that narrows it to Bus and LRT. Everything else was eliminated without further serious consideration.
I would propose that you have never riden a monorail, or any other form of automated guideway transit, or an elevated system? If you have, the merit is obvious. It's the superior choice all around.
At any rate, what's done is done. I love this project too much to drag up the past!
...and before anyone says it, this system has 3 lines, 25 km of guideway, moves 150,000 people per day and services an area the size of Kitchener.
We got Light Rail because one of the requirements in the technology selection matrix made up by the region was Step on, Step off. So that narrows it to Bus and LRT. Everything else was eliminated without further serious consideration.
I would propose that you have never riden a monorail, or any other form of automated guideway transit, or an elevated system? If you have, the merit is obvious. It's the superior choice all around.
At any rate, what's done is done. I love this project too much to drag up the past!