Editing Monorail (section)

===1980s–present===
[[File:Einschienenbahn (Monorail) im Europa-Park.JPG|thumb|One of three monorails at [[Europa-Park]] in Rust, Germany]]
From the 1980s, most monorail mass transit systems are in [[Japan]], with a few exceptions. [[Tokyo Monorail]], is one of the world's busiest, averages 127,000 passengers per day and has served over 1.5 billion passengers since 1964.<ref>{{cite news | title = 1.5 billionth rides monorail to Haneda | newspaper = Japan Times | date = 2007-01-24 | url = http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20070125a2.html | access-date = 2007-01-24 | archive-date = 2012-07-19 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120719134846/search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20070125a2.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> China recently started development of monorails in the late 2000s, already home to the world's largest and busiest monorail system and has a number of mass transit monorails under construction in several of cities. A [[Bombardier Innovia Monorail]]-based system is under construction in [[Wuhu Metro|Wuhu]] and several "Cloudrail" systems developed by [[BYD Company|BYD]] under construction a number of cities such as [[Guang'an Metro|Guang'an]], [[Liuzhou]], [[Bengbu]] and [[Guilin]]. Monorails have seen continuing use in niche shuttle markets and amusement parks.

Modern mass transit monorail systems use developments of the ALWEG beam and tyre approach, with only two suspended types in large use. Monorail configurations have also been adopted by [[maglev train]]s. Since the 2000s, with the rise of traffic congestion and urbanization, there has been a resurgence of interest in the technology for [[public transport]] with a number of cities, such as [[Malta]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Monorail system among Malta government proposals for EU funding|date=10 December 2014 |url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141210/local/monorail-system-among-malta-government-proposals-for-eu-funding.547680}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monorail on backburner as Malta remains without EIB financing|url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/64417/monorail_on_backburner_as_malta_remains_without_eib_financing#.V_EvMPArJaR|website=maltatoday.com.mt}}</ref> and [[Istanbul]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Istanbul is building a 47km monorail network to deal with its crippling traffic congestion {{!}} CityMetric|url=https://www.citymetric.com/transport/istanbul-building-47km-monorail-network-deal-its-crippling-traffic-congestion-700|access-date=2019-07-16|website=www.citymetric.com|date=30 January 2015|archive-date=2019-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716200900/https://www.citymetric.com/transport/istanbul-building-47km-monorail-network-deal-its-crippling-traffic-congestion-700|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tender for monorail system in central Istanbul canceled - Latest News|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tender-for-monorail-system-in-central-istanbul-canceled-116019|access-date=2019-07-16|website=Hürriyet Daily News|date=27 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Istanbul is building a 47km monorail network to deal with its crippling traffic congestion {{!}} Urban Gateway|url=https://www.urbangateway.org/news/istanbul-building-47km-monorail-network-deal-its-crippling-traffic-congestion|access-date=2019-08-08|website=www.urbangateway.org|archive-date=2019-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808042317/https://www.urbangateway.org/news/istanbul-building-47km-monorail-network-deal-its-crippling-traffic-congestion|url-status=dead}}</ref> today investigating monorails as a possible mass transit solution.<ref name="The Wall Street Journal">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703567404576292914218923744|title=Has the Monorail's Future Finally Arrived?|last=Trevisani|first=Paulo|date=23 May 2011|website=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref>

In 2004, [[Chongqing Rail Transit]] in [[China]] adopted a unique ALWEG-based design with rolling stock that is much wider than most monorails, with capacity comparable to [[heavy rail]]. This is because [[Chongqing]] is criss-crossed by numerous hills, mountains and rivers, therefore tunneling is not feasible except in some cases (for example, lines [[Line 1, Chongqing Rail Transit|1]] and [[Line 6, Chongqing Rail Transit|6]]) due to the extreme depth involved. Today it is the largest and busiest monorail system in the world.

In July 2009, two [[2009 Walt Disney World monorail accident|Walt Disney World monorails collided]], killing one of the drivers and injuring seven passengers. The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] found the cause of the accident to be human error by both the driver and controller, contributed to by a lack of standard operating procedures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/RAB1107.aspx |title=Railroad Accident Brief – Collision of Two Monorails in Walt Disney World Resort |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |access-date=October 31, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103191913/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/RAB1107.aspx |archive-date=January 3, 2015 }}</ref>

[[São Paulo]], Brazil, is building two high-capacity monorail lines as part of its public transportation network. [[Line 15 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 15]] was partially opened in 2014, will be {{convert|27|km|abbr=on}} long when completed in 2022 and has a capacity of 40,000 [[pphpd]] using [[Bombardier Innovia Monorail]] trains.<ref name="The Wall Street Journal" /> [[Line 17 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 17]] will be {{convert|17.7|km|abbr=on}} long and is using the [[BYD Company|BYD]] SkyRail design. Other significant monorail systems are under construction such as two lines for the [[Cairo Monorail]], two lines for the [[MRT (Bangkok)]] and the [[SkyRail Bahia]] in [[Brazil]].