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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!
Bandipur: Cable Car in test phase
The cable car constructed in the Nepali town of Bandipur, a tourist resort in Tanahun will be operational within a month and a half. According to the Bandipur Cable Car and Tourism Limited, the construction work has already been completed. Currently, the cable car is being tested.
Cable Car as business: Experience with the operation of multimodal mobility
TRANSDEV is a large, international operator of public transport. The company also maintains urban cable cars – and is familiar with the opportunities and challenges of multimodal mobility.
Cable Car World 2024: Benefit from early bird booking until May 31st
The second edition of Cable Car World in June 2024 is casting its shadows. The international mobility fair with trade congress will again be held at Messe Essen. Exhibitors can still benefit from the Early Bird booking by registering by May 31. Attractive packages for exhibitors from all over the world will again be offered for the upcoming event.
Review of the 2nd Ropeway Day
The FrankfurtRhineMain Regional Association in cooperation with Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences invited to the 2nd Ropeway Day in the Frankfurt region on May 10. Almost 100 experts from politics, universities and business discussed various topics related to the application of urban ropeways. One idea for connecting the cities of Frankfurt and Offenbach received special attention.
Professor Mariana Mazzucato announced as keynote speaker
Public transport is a sector full of innovation, redefinition and constant change. With more than 300 speakers in 85 congress sessions and nearly 400 exhibitors in a 40,000 m2 of space, the UITP Global Summit 2023 will be held under the theme "Bright Light of the City."
Indian Minister visited Innsbruck
During his stay in Tyrol, India's Cabinet Minister for Roads and Transport Nitin Gadkari visited Innsbruck's Nordkettenbahnen. The interest of the visit is based on the fact that India is pursuing a program worth 15 billion dollars, which includes the construction of 260 ropeway installations to be completed in the next five years.
Historic project opens in Zermatt
With the opening of the new Matterhorn Glacier Ride II 3S lift, a superlative generation project becomes reality: the Matterhorn Alpine Crossing and thus the first continuous connection between Switzerland and Italy across the Alpine ridge.
The digital mountain
The mountain is digital! This is good both for people and for the environment: with artificial intelligence, it is possible to achieve a mountain experience that offers a high level of value added.
The program of the UITP Summit has been announced!
The UITP Global Public Transport Summit brings together thousands of professionals. The congress program covers all modes of public transport and is designed to help address strategic and operational challenges.
India’s minister of road transport and highways Gadkari interviewed by SI
Within the framework of Interalpin 2023, SI URBAN was able to talk to the Indian Minister of Transport, Shri Nitin Gadkari, about ropeway plans in India. The Indian government plans to develop over 250 projects with a ropeway length of more than 1,200 km within 5 years. Austrian and European companies are expected to play an important role in the implementation.
Future Mobility in Europe
The French city of Toulouse already has an urban cable car system, Téléo, which opened in May 2022. Now the capital is following suit and plans to open Câble A in 2025. But what impact do urban cable cars have on cities, especially from the perspective of sustainability? At Cable Car World 2022 in Essen, Vienna University of Technology presented facts an figures for these two cable car projects.
BUGA23 in Mannheim opens with cable car
On April 14th, the Mannheim Federal Garden Show "BUGA23" was opened by German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. During the 178-day event, a cable car will connect the two exhibition areas. On June 15th, regional stakeholders will meet for the VRN Cable Car Day at the BUGA23.