The City Fix blog spoke with Madhav Pai, technical director at the Centre for Sustainable Transport India, about the impacts of the Mumbai’s planned monorail. Pai expressed skepticism about the project, saying that it would carry only a fraction of the city’s daily commuters despite high construction costs. Asked what elements would contribute to the project’s success, he said:
The two most important considerations are access and fare integration, but unfortunately, no one is paying much attention to these issues currently. For instance, the proposed monorail route will be located near the suburban rail system, but fare integration has not been addressed.
Also of concern, monorails in locations as diverse as Las Vegas (NV) and Kuala Lumpur have recently declared bankruptcy. Link to full story in The City Fix.
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