Master plan and amended law
The independent city in the Ruhr region has been considering traffic-calming measures for some time. Hendrik Wüst, Prime Minister of North-Rhine Westphalia now brings the urban cable car transport system into the discussion.
Is the cable car necessary?
In Regensburg (Germany) the use of urban cable cars is a university topic. Together with a group of students, two professors have developed a cable car plan for the city. This proposal was publicly debated in March.
Top floor main entrance – shopping with BARTHOLET
Cable car systems have long ceased to be limited only to winter operation or even only to the mountains. These efficient systems are also used increasingly frequently in urban areas. Nonetheless, integration of the station building into a shopping centre, such as in Kish (Iran), is something very special.
A cable car for California
Half Moon Bay – a place for surfing, watching huge waves and relaxing in the Californian sun – could soon be accessible by gondola. The city twenty minutes outside San Francisco has massive traffic problems, which could be resolved with a cable car.
Pittsburgh to consider a cable car
Pittsburgh, USA: Regional Transit can begin a more detailed look at one of its most intriguing projects — which could use suspended cable cars — as a result of a federal grant.
The french city Toulouse now has an urban 3S cable car
With the longest ropeway in France, Toulouse is moving ahead with high-performance, sustainable mobility. Since May 2022, the metropolis in the south of France has been running Europe’s first urban tri-cable circulating ropeway (3S).