Tom Scott

Why Wuppertal's Suspended Monorail Wasn't The Future Of Travel (2016x4)

Air date: Jan 25, 2016

In Wuppertal, Germany, there's the Schwebebahn: a suspended monorail that carries 80,000 people a day above the streets of the city, and above the river Wupper. It's a wonderful thing: but it wasn't the future of travel, and here's why.