As the newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung reports, the cable car line would run at a height of 18 metres over fields and meadows to a station at Freibad Rosental outdoor swimming pool. From there, it would continue to the railway station.

According to planners, the starting station on the Eiermann campus could be located in a 10-storey building, in which it would occupy one to two storeys. The intermediate station in the park between Krehlstraße and Feuersee would be on a small urban site and its construction would therefore have to be very compact.

From there, the journey would need to cross Vollmoellerstraße to Vaihingen West station at the bus terminal. Here, according to the plan, there would have to be a change of direction, across the railway tracks to the future Vaihingen East station. A cable car cannot normally travel around corners but this could be facilitated by a rail-guided line across the tracks.

If everything goes to plan, residents should be able to fly over the town by as early as 2027. Furthermore, the additional provision in the west of Vaihingen is expected to result in a significant reduction of car traffic.

The campaign group “Rettet das Rosental” (Save Rosental!) sees the cable car project less favourably. It alleges that the people responsible want only to create a prestige project, at the expense of the residents of Vaihingen. (This movement currently has around 40 members.)

Cable car proponents are often confronted by this acceptance problem. The opponents address neither transport capacity nor comfort and safety but rather shadowing from the passing gondolas or protection of the airspace.

According to Heiner Monheim, such problems could be easily avoided if preference were given to cable car routes that run over public road space or public green spaces. Cable car projects are easier to implement in suburban settings that are less densely developed and in largescale commercial areas.

Discussions between the various parties are still ongoing and it remains to be seen which side will ultimately present the better argument.