Editing Monorail (section)

===Grades===
[[Rubber-tired metro|Rubber-tired]] monorails are typically designed to cope with a 6% [[Grade (slope)|grade]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitachi-rail.com/products/monorail_system/advantages/steeper/index.html |title=Steeper Grade, Smaller Curve Radius |publisher=Hitachi Rail |access-date=2010-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719002052/http://www.hitachi-rail.com/products/monorail_system/advantages/steeper/index.html |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rubber-tired light rail or metro lines can cope with similar or greater grades – for example, the [[Lausanne Metro]] has grades of up to 12% and the [[Montreal Metro]] up to 6.5%,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/metro/story.html?id=c84a8361-0981-403c-b6df-8ce82fc71db2 |title=Sticking with rubber |access-date=2011-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517031404/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/metro/story.html?id=c84a8361-0981-403c-b6df-8ce82fc71db2 |archive-date=2012-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while [[Véhicule Automatique Léger|VAL]] systems can handle 7% grades.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n7_v199/ai_20996430/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708043720/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n7_v199/ai_20996430/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-08 |work=Railway Age |title=Is there people-mover in your future? |year=1998 }}</ref>