Which is better, metro or monorail?

[scpool1986]

My city is starting to show traffic issues and I already have a monorail system with 3 lines but it’s causing a lot of illness along its path because of noise pollution. I’ve had Cities 3 times this size with way fewer cims in the hospitals (yes, I’ve filled 2) and my average health is less than 50%. Would replacing the monorail system with a metro system make a difference in the noise pollution issues and keep my cims out of the hospital?

Also, my industrial area is on an island and I remember from the last time I used this map that I kept getting the error of “slope too steep” when I tried to go to the island before. What’s the best way to cross over without having to use an insanely long tunnel?

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by scpool1986:

my average health is less than 50%. Would replacing the monorail system with a metro system make a difference in the noise pollution issues and keep my cims out of the hospital?

That is a relatively simple problem to solve. The health issues are related to noise pollution and so all you have to do is ensure that you keep your residential completely out of the noise radius produced by any noise polluters, such as metro stations or monorail stations. It doesn't really matter which you use in terms of health. Neither of them should be affecting your Cims if you are keeping them clear.
As far as better options for transportation, that is more a matter of preference, but you could view the monorail as a form of rail as an alternative to the passenger rail. In other words, better for longer distance travel. It does provide a visually more attractive rail system and since it goes above, it maybe easier to implement than passenger rail in terms of infrastructure layout.
However, for innercity transport, the metro is ideal since it goes under and saves a lot more space for building purposes.
In either case though, as I stated above, neither of them should be used within any residential zone. Use buses/trams or pedestrian pathing to transport Cims from residential to the metro or monorail stations.

Originally posted by scpool1986:

Also, my industrial area is on an island and I remember from the last time I used this map that I kept getting the error of “slope too steep” when I tried to go to the island before. What’s the best way to cross over without having to use an insanely long tunnel?

I can't comment on that without seeing it. Please post an overhead of the whole city with the zoning overlay on.

[SkinnyBruv]

Hey mate if you are going to use a monorail system, that's chill
A monorail system will support more passengers I'm pretty sure than a metro, but a metro is far quieter than a monorail system

To solve some of your problem, undone the residential right next to your monorail transport system and rezone commercial or office spacing, this should vastly reduce the noise from the monorail system
If this still doesn't work, have a look a your noise pollution and if it is still reaching your citizens, just undone them in that area and replace them with trees or rocks to make the area look more realistic

If you need any other help just comment or pm me!

[dangagi4droid]

Keep monorail stations away from residential zone and connect them with pedestrian paths or buses. Otherwise metro is the best choice because It is less noisy Both are expensive But a well-designed monoroail network gives more satisfaction even if Metro is more popular by cims

[scpool1986]

I tackled noise pollution with taking out the monorail (still can’t believe I had 3 lines through residential areas), upgraded my highways to have sound barriers, and started with putting my metro system down and holy crap the health improvement was incredible. My city is around 40,000 and had 750+ cims in 2 hospitals and the average health was 55%. Now I’m down to 48 cims in one hospital and the average health is up to 78%. I think I’m going to stick with buses and metros.

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by scpool1986:

I tackled noise pollution with taking out the monorail (still can’t believe I had 3 lines through residential areas), upgraded my highways to have sound barriers, and started with putting my metro system down and holy crap the health improvement was incredible. My city is around 40,000 and had 750+ cims in 2 hospitals and the average health was 55%. Now I’m down to 48 cims in one hospital and the average health is up to 78%. I think I’m going to stick with buses and metros.

Heh yeah, noise is a bugger for health. Always try to build sickness free cities and then you'll pay much more attention to the noise radius of polluters.
Remember to use tree lined roads within your residential and make sure the routes your delivery vehicles from industry to commercial or the highway to either never pass through residential streets.
A sickness free city means you'll save a ton on unnecessary health service costs too. A large city can get by easily with just one hospital and that hospital would hardly be used and would only be there for the level up bonus it provides.