Cities

The cable car will connect four municipalities from Huechuraba on the northern edge of the city to Providencia in the northern city center. The 126 gondolas will transport up to 6,000 people per hour - and do so without much environmental impact.

Researcher Christian Marheine from the University of St. Gallen is convinced that digitalization can be used as a lever for greater sustainability in municipal operations and transport operators. He proves this with facts, figures & examples.

The lifetime package from Fatzer for urban cable car cables.

Urban cable cars are usually equipped with an integrated evacuation concept in which the cabins are brought into the station in the event of an emergency. However, operators should also rely on human recovery teams for safety. These require cable carriages to get from the supports to the cabins. The Swiss recovery specialist IMMOOS has recently expanded its product range for this purpose.

The city of Bochum, a large city in the Ruhr metropolitan region, has a large shopping centre, the Ruhrpark, without good connections to the city centre. A group of voters wants to change this with an urban cable car.