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Cable cars and cableways function as an efficient means of transport in an urban setting. Find out more on our blog!
New audience: Strengthend by the crisis
Winning a new target audience through creativity
Inauen-Schätti: Renovation for the future
The renovation of the defective Schindellegi inclined elevator into a system fit for the future is a good example of how Swiss company INAUEN-SCHÄTTI is using status analysis, planning and installation to turn difficult stock into reliable means of transport.
Bartholet: World record and new development
Quadruple success for BARTHOLET in Turkey.
Doppelmayr/Garaventa: Let´s go – Reiteralm
The go-ahead has been given for construction work on the Schoberbahn and you will be able to see the advantages of the new installation for yourself as early as this winter season.
United States: Expensive skiing?
US ski resorts are facing rising prices – and falling customer numbers. How sustainable is the current business model?
Russia: Skiing at home
The weak rouble is allowing tourists in Russia to ski cheaply and locals to practise winter sports more at home.
India’s longest river ropeway opened
The Guwahati-North Guwahati Cable Car was officially opened on Monday by Assam's Minister of Finance, Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Digitalisation: Are tentire countries become smart?
Much is made of smart cities but who thinks about the rural regions?
CO2 and noise: Cable cars have the best energy and eco-balance
Even with a high transport capacity, urban cable cars display low energy demand. This is demonstrated in studies by German urban planner Frieder Kremer in his book “Innovation Seilbahn” (Innovation Cable Car). The following is an extract from his publication with a few editorial amendments (TU Berlin [Berlin Institute of Technology] 2015: p. 44).
The optimal: When does a cable car make sense?
Urban cable cars are an increasingly common topic in research and science. The book “Innovation Seilbahn” (Innovation Cable Car) by Frieder Kremer is one example of this. In it, the urban and regional planner has written – among other things – about transport technology optimisation and the application possibilities of cable cars or in a nutshell: when does an urban cable car actually make sense? The following is an extract from his publication with a few editorial amendments (TU Berlin 2015: pp. 36 – 40).
Public transport: Moving more than ,,just,, people
The artist Christoph Niemann presents his theory on how to bring people from their cars to public transport.
Was kostet eine Seilbahn? Eine ökonomische Analyse
The costs of a cable car system comprise investment costs on the one hand and operating costs on the other. The total of these costs depends on the various parameters. Urban planner Frieder Kremer has collated these conditions in his book, “Innovation Seilbahn” (Innovation Cable Car). The following is an extract from his publication with a few editorial amendments (TU Berlin 2015: pp. 41 – 43).