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Sustainable mobility, including cable cars?

Cities, SI Urban 1/2021|

Whether through the regional city railway, cycle bridges, car sharing or sustainable urban development, the German university city of Tübingen has long relied on future-proof mobility and an infrastructure of short distances. An urban cable car is now also being discussed – as an alternative to a railway line in the city centre.

National Guidlines for Execution

Cities, SI Urban 1/2021, Tourism|

The German federal ministry of transport and digital infrastructure (BMVI) commissioned Stuttgart-based planning and consultancy company Drees & Sommer SE together with the Stuttgart institute of transport science (Verkehrswissenschaftlichen Institut Stuttgart GmbH – VWI) to compile a study on the “urban and transport planning integration of urban cable car projects”. The desired result will be a guideline for the “implementation of urban cable cars as a part of local public transport”, which should be available in two years’ time.

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