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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!
Steamboat resort: Wild Blue Gondola installation has started
Heavy equipment has spent the spring clearing the base area and large swaths of trees up on the mountain to make way for the Wild Blue Gondola. The first leg of the gondola is slated to open for the 2022-23 winter season, stretching from Steamboat Square and the base area to Greenhorn Ranch, the new beginner area located near Bashor Bowl.
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).
MOUNTAIN PLANET 2022: INDUSTRY ON THE UP
More visitors, more exhibitors, more optimism! As the first major industry trade fair after the coronavirus pandemic, Mountain Planet in Grenoble was impressive.
The urban cable car as a public transport network for Antananarivo
With the exception of shared taxis, Antananarivo has no public transport network and the capital of Madagascar is therefore drowning in congestion. However, two cable cars from POMA will now herald a sustainable mobility revolution.
The digital Cable Car
Whether Luxemburg, Lugano or Freiburg, operators of urban cable cars are increasingly relying on the software Sambesi from REMEC. In so doing, they are following the example of many mountain railways, which have long used Sambesi for all tasks that arise in the operation of a system.
What the public transport is missing
Urban funicular railways as an addition to the public transportation network
Hybrid of ropeways & autonomous driverless transport
Ropeways have already developed into a major solution of modern urban transport in the past years. With the ConnX prototype, LEITNER is now taking a significant step forward and creating unprecedented flexibility in the development of public transport with a unique “hybrid solution”.
Cable Car World celebrates successful premiere
Around 500 participants from 14 nations came to Essen for the first edition of Cable Car World. Over two days, exhibitors and experts addressed the possibilities and requirements for the use of urban cable cars.
Crowdfunding saves ski resort
The Hochwang ski resort in the Swiss Alps was on the brink of extinction. Lacking the money for the summer overhaul, the upcoming winter season was in danger of being cancelled. But a joint crowdfunding effort saved the ski resort.
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IMMOOS CABLE CARRIAGES: FULL STEAM AHEAD
Swiss rescue specialist IMMOOS has expanded its product range once again: the more powerful drives for self-propelled cable carriages will be presented alongside other innovations at MOUNTAIN PLANET in Grenoble.
Ministry guide on urban cableways provides clarity
In order to further promote sustainable mobility in cities, specialists from Drees & Sommer have been working since 2021 on a guide to urban cable cars commissioned by the BMDV. An interim version of the almost completed guide will be presented at Cable Car World in Essen in June 2022. Interested parties can also talk to all those involved about the contents and results to date at the joint stand of the Ministry and Drees & Sommer.