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Lift-off for urban cable car projects as cities seek transport solutions
6 November 2012
By Sophie Landrin
Read More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/06/cable-cars-transport-solutions-france
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Just before this summer's Olympics, London launched the Emirates Air Line. Its 34 cars bridge the Thames between Greenwich and the Royal Docks, running 90 metres above the ground. Visitors to Barcelona can climb to the top of Montjuic hill in a gondola lift. Its counterpart in Koblenz spans the Rhine then rises to the Ehrenbreitstein fortress. Rio de Janeiro, New York, Portland, Algiers, Oporto, Bolzano: the list of cities equipped with a cable car is growing longer every day.
- Cable transport is cost-effective, environmentally friendly, safe and requires little infrastructure. It is particularly suitable for crossing natural obstacles such as rivers or scaling hills, there being no need for expensive engineering work. Over an equivalent distance a cable link costs half as much as a tram line, and though no rival for underground railways in terms of capacity, some models can carry up to 8,000 passengers an hour.
- A 5km link is under study in the Paris suburbs. Branching off from a metro line, it would connect Créteil to Villeneuve Saint Georges via Limeil Brévannes. The Paris Region Transit Authority (Stif) is set to publish the results of a feasibility study early next year. "We are enclosed on all sides, trapped between several hills and the Seine, with several major road and rail routes to cross too, so it would be a suitable form of transport," says Marc Thiberville, vice-president of Val de Marne departmental council. "The cable car would take less than a quarter of an hour, whereas it currently takes half an hour by car and 45 minutes on the bus."
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6 November 2012
By Sophie Landrin
Read More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/06/cable-cars-transport-solutions-france
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Just before this summer's Olympics, London launched the Emirates Air Line. Its 34 cars bridge the Thames between Greenwich and the Royal Docks, running 90 metres above the ground. Visitors to Barcelona can climb to the top of Montjuic hill in a gondola lift. Its counterpart in Koblenz spans the Rhine then rises to the Ehrenbreitstein fortress. Rio de Janeiro, New York, Portland, Algiers, Oporto, Bolzano: the list of cities equipped with a cable car is growing longer every day.
- Cable transport is cost-effective, environmentally friendly, safe and requires little infrastructure. It is particularly suitable for crossing natural obstacles such as rivers or scaling hills, there being no need for expensive engineering work. Over an equivalent distance a cable link costs half as much as a tram line, and though no rival for underground railways in terms of capacity, some models can carry up to 8,000 passengers an hour.
- A 5km link is under study in the Paris suburbs. Branching off from a metro line, it would connect Créteil to Villeneuve Saint Georges via Limeil Brévannes. The Paris Region Transit Authority (Stif) is set to publish the results of a feasibility study early next year. "We are enclosed on all sides, trapped between several hills and the Seine, with several major road and rail routes to cross too, so it would be a suitable form of transport," says Marc Thiberville, vice-president of Val de Marne departmental council. "The cable car would take less than a quarter of an hour, whereas it currently takes half an hour by car and 45 minutes on the bus."
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