Latin America: Succes for urban cable cars
Urban cable cars open up a completely new, independent level for sustainable public transportation. In Latin America, their advantages over other transportation systems have been appreciated for many years. DOPPELMAYR has already implemented numerous cable car projects in the region and continues its successful streak with additional new installations in Bogotá, Mexico City, Uruapan, and Santiago de Chile.
Interview: Highlights of Cable Car World
With the Cable Car World, the congress trade fair for urban mobility with cable cars is launching for the second time at MESSE ESSEN. Initiator of the specialist event and managing director of Cable Car World GmbH, Dominik Berndt, shares the program highlights planned for June 4th and 5th, and why it‘s worth participating in the event, in an interview.
The world’s first energy self-sufficient cable car!
Almost self-sufficient on the Zwölferhorn with green energy: from this summer, Doppelmayr's D-Line gondola lift will run on solar power produced in-house. But how is this possible?
Dynamic pricing: sales or rip-off?
Consumer advocates are up in arms in the media against dynamic pricing in ski resorts, and the industry is also divided. Are flexible tariffs a revenue booster or a guest bouncer? We asked Valentin König, CEO of Aletsch Bahnen AG (CH) and Isabella Dschulnigg-Geissler, Managing Director of Saalbacher Bergbahnen (AT).
Marseille: Take the cable car to the airport
The plan for a cable car link from Marseille airport to Vitrolles station has been on the drawing board for some time. Three years ago, the city commissioned a feasibility study, which showed that the cable car could be implemented.
New Delhi: First Indian Cable Car Symposium
Urban cable cars are the current trend in India. This is evidenced by the first "Ropeway: Symposium Cum Exhibition" in the capital, New Delhi. Indian Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari spoke in his address about the cable car plans for India.