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Powder Mountain plans four new lifts
Netflix founder and Powder Mountain CEO Reed Hastings will invest $20 million next summer, replacing two lifts and building two new ones at Powder Mountain.
Motorex cable protect: The right care is crucial
Cable cars are extremely safe. To ensure they remain so even under heavy usage, cable car ropes need to be regularly lubricated. CABLE PROTECT is the right solution for this.
Doppelmayr Group: New Aerial Tramway for Rocky Mountains
In the heart of the Rocky Mountains Doppelmayr USA and GARAVENTA have built an aerial tramway which is an important part of the 10-year masterplan for Big Sky Resort.
The world’s first energy self-sufficient cable car!
Almost self-sufficient on the Zwölferhorn with green energy: from this summer, Doppelmayr's D-Line gondola lift will run on solar power produced in-house. But how is this possible?
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What is happening in Austria and Switzerland?
With the world‘s largest and most robust supply chain industry, the most modern ski resorts, and the most significant industry gatherings, we can rightly refer to Switzerland and Austria as the top nations of the ski industry. The investments, metrics, and trends have global relevance.
Social innovation in tourism
Interest in social innovations has increased. The University of Bern has analysed how and why they come about - and to what extent they can also enrich tourism.
OITAF: registration is now open
Every six years the International OITAF Ropeway Congress takes place. The next edition of the event will take place from June 17 to 21, 2024, in Vancouver (Canada). Under the theme "Ropeways - Smart Transport Solutions", four main topics are on the agenda. Registrations are now being accepted.
INTERALPIN 2025 will be a four-day event
The 25th edition of the biennial international ropeway industry event will take place over four days for the first time in 2025! It will be held from Tuesday, 6 May to Friday, Read the reasons for this here.
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Crossing border by cable car
The border crossings between Detroit in the USA and Windsor in Canada are the busiest in North America. More than 40,000 commuters and tourists cross the Ambassador Bridge, with 25 percent of the trade between both countries passing through it. Similarly, the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, with over 13,000 vehicles per day, is also considered overwhelmed. Hence, an urban cable car is now under discussion.
Cable Car World: The program is set
Cable Car World is the world's first trade fair to focus on urban cable cars as an equally important component of new urban mobility and will be accompanied by an integrated specialist congress. The preliminary program has now been finalized. The overview of the keynotes on June 04 and 05, 2024 at Messe Essen.
The potential of urban cable cars in towns
Municipalities in the Alpine region are often perceived as natural landscapes rather than urban areas, despite research from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) indicating urban characteristics within the Alps. The researchers aim to change this perception, including through the implementation of urban cable cars.
Powder Mountain plans four new lifts
Netflix founder and Powder Mountain CEO Reed Hastings will invest $20 million next summer, replacing two lifts and building two new ones at Powder Mountain.
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Latin America: Succes for urban cable cars
Urban cable cars open up a completely new, independent level for sustainable public transportation. In Latin America, their advantages over other transportation systems have been appreciated for many years. DOPPELMAYR has already implemented numerous cable car projects in the region and continues its successful streak with additional new installations in Bogotá, Mexico City, Uruapan, and Santiago de Chile.
Demand for cable cars
How many people really want to ride the urban cable car? Therefore, the Graz University of Technology (Austria) has developed a new approach to answer this question.
How supports can enrich public spaces
Vienna University of Technology examined the social and spatial potential of urban cable car supports. Three cable cars in Latin America were considered specifically in case studies. The results are newsworthy.
Interview: Learnings from India
Cable Car engineer Stephan Salzmann in the SI Urban interview about the current projects “Varanasi 2“ and “Kamakhya“ – and which learnings are relevant worldwide.