Monorail, please!

Monorail, please!
14th Oct. 2008
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/14/forum-pluralism-our-asset.html

I refer to Arriyadhul Qolbi's letter in which he gave quite a few reasons in favor of a monorail system.
I would like to add one more reason he has missed out that I included in my previous letter (The Jakarta Post, May 16) in some other context.
I said that as far as a mass commuter system for Jakarta is concerned, an underground subway system or a "local" rail link at ground level are unsuitable because even minor rains cause flooding of our city in no time.
The only reliable system for Jakarta would be a monorail at an elevated height, like the link between the city and airport in Japan and the monorail system adopted by Kuala Lumpur.
Our city should build such a system at the earliest. But with the economic meltdown that has hit us, it looks like a dream for it to be fulfilled in my lifetime at least.
K. B. KALE, Jakarta