>>1870894>Why are underground metros much more common than elevated solutions like monorails?>visually intrusive>probably not particularly cheaper to maintain than tunnels>requires costly above ground space, especially stations>especially monorails are fairly expensive>not all metros even run primarily underground, many systems run to a significant amount above ground, especially outside of the downtown areas>>1870936>You still see Metros being built elevated precisely to save costs, often outside the inner cities.Elevated in which way? Just running overground like the Berlin or Hamburg S-Bahn or outright elevated on viaducts?
>>1872277Varies drastically by city and the size of it.
It can be generally there is at least in the bigger cities somewhat of a push to reduce the amount of cars and improve public transit and cycling infrastructure, how effective these measures are tough is completely different question.
Also, at least here in Germany, even though there still remains a lot to be done, I feel the amount of grey- and griminess has generally gone down a bit.
