Demand for cable cars
How many people really want to ride the urban cable car? Therefore, the Graz University of Technology (Austria) has developed a new approach to answer this question.
Interview: Learnings from India
Cable Car engineer Stephan Salzmann in the SI Urban interview about the current projects “Varanasi 2“ and “Kamakhya“ – and which learnings are relevant worldwide.
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.
How supports can enrich public spaces
Vienna University of Technology examined the social and spatial potential of urban cable car supports. Three cable cars in Latin America were considered specifically in case studies. The results are newsworthy.
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).