E-Pilot: Operating aid for cable cars
The Valléen cable car in Saint-Gervais set an example: the future of urban cable cars lies in digital operating and monitoring aid. The French manufacturer POMA has developed the E-Pilot for this purpose.
Study shows: cable car is more sustainable than the electric bus
The cable car at the Federal Horticultural Show 2023 in Mannheim was not only a magnet for visitors, but also the subject of research. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences conducted a study in which the sustainability of operating the BUGA23 cable car was assessed in comparison to hypothetical diesel and electric bus alternatives for transport between the main locations of the BUGA site.
Cable Car plans for the city Lima
The city of Lima in Peru is to get two cable cars. The first steps have already been taken.
New cable car stations for Koblenz
The cable car in Koblenz (Germany) can only continue its journey with newly designed stations. An architectural competition has now been held to find designs for the redesign.
Burnaby: Cable car plans nearing completion
Already in 2019, we reported on an urban cable car that is planned to connect the Simon Fraser University (SFU) campus on Burnaby Mountain with the SkyTrain of the Metro Vancouver Region (Canada). Now the plans have become more concrete as it advances through the final stage of planning.
The cable car project in Valparaíso is making progress.
The planned cable car in the Chilean port city of Valparaíso is progressing. Preliminary feasibility studies are currently being developed, and the date for the tender has also been set. Here’s what we know so far.