Anniversary edition: 50 years Interalpin
The 25th edition of the INTERALPIN will take place in 2025. From the 6th to the 9th of May 2025, Messe Innsbruck will once again be the hotspot for the global ropeway technology industry and will welcome trade visitors from over 130 nations in Austria.
Stuttgart region – a cable car for the area?
Intensive car commuter traffic from the suburbs into the city is the main reason for the air quality problems in Stuttgart. City and region Stuttgart are searching for a better weay to connect the suburbs with the capital city of Baden-Württemberg (Germany). A research paper by Florian Wondratschek examines the potential of a cable car for Remstal.
OITAF Congress: The Comprehensive Review
The International Organization for Transportation by Rope (OITAF) convenes in a large format only once every six years. Accordingly, expectations were high for the 12th Ropeway Congress, held from June 17 to 21, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada. The lectures and excursions exceeded expectations, and the planned personnel changes also took place.
POMAs Life R´Way – How can cable cars become even more sustainable?
Low Impact For Environment Ropeway – abbreviated as LIFE R‘way: That‘s the sustainability initiative of the French cable car manufacturer POMA. Michaël Fauche, Director of Strategy and New Markets, demonstrates how urban projects, in particular, benefit from it in an interview with SI Urban.
Know-how on the rope: The cable car planners Melzer & Hopfner
For over 35 years, the austrian ropeway planning office MELZER & HOPFNER has been one of the most renowned ropeway planners in the Alpine region.
Leitner makes ConnX market-ready
The urban mobility revolution is moving closer: ConnX, LEITNER’s new intermodal mobility system, is soon to be launched on the market in 2025, after successfully passing all tests. This was announced this week at the O.I.T.A.F. World Cableway Congress.