MIO Cable

10
Nov

2015

System Dossier: MÍO Cable (Cali, Colombia)

MIO Cable (Leitner Ropeways)

MÍO Cable. Image by LEITNER Ropeways.

With 2.3 million residents, Cali is the third most populous city in Colombia. Coincidentally, in September 2015 it became the third Colombian city to implement a Cable Propelled Transit line (after Medellin and Manizales).

This 2.0km transit system, named MÍO Cable (English: My Cable), is fully integrated with the city’s public transportation network and directly serves the 120,000 residents of Siloé. Siloé is one of Cali’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods and because it is situated on hilly terrain, it was nearly impossible to implement traditional rapid transit solutions cost-effectively.

Since MÍO Cable opened, travel times to the central bus station, Cañaveralejo, has been reduced to just 9 minutes from 35 minutes in the past (a 74% reduction in travel time!).

LEITNER Ropeways was the manufacturer of this urban cable car. It is the sixth ropeway that the company has built in Colombia.

The system began operations in September 2015, but residents were welcome to ride free of charge until November. Since the promotional phase ended, riders pay a fare of USD $0.60 (COP $1,700). Residents can travel conveniently throughout the community as the system is operational for 18 hours a day (5am – 11pm). During its first week of commercial operations, the system already transported 16,000 residents!


Length (km) 2.0
Stations 4
Year Opened 2015
Capacity 2,000 (up to 3,000)
Fare $0.60
Trip Time 9 minutes
Maximum speed (m/s) 5


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30
Sep

2015

“Cleaner” Transit Tech: Opening Reactions to MIO Cable



New transit infrastructure has the ability to excite people in many different and surprising ways.

Case in point: the recently opened MIO Cable in Cali, Colombia. We came across a heartwarming quote last week and just had to share it on the blog. Here’s what local resident Erlinda Tenorio had to say:

English: “Here we are rationing water, so I had to keep it in tubs and buckets so I could bathe and be ready for the opening [of the cable car]… There! There it is! Look, that’s my ‘ranch’ he shouts excitedly from one of the booths pointing to a small house made of brick and covered with shingles rusted zinc, where he has lived for forty years.”

Spanish: “Aquí estamos con racionamiento de agua, por eso me tocó guardarla en tinas y baldes para poderme bañar y estar lista para la inauguración… ¡Ahí está! ¡Ahí está! Mire, ese es mi ‘ranchito’”, grita emocionada desde una de las cabinas mientras señala una pequeña casa hecha en ladrillo y cubierta con tejas de zinc oxidadas, en la que vive desde hace cuarenta años.”

Now we’re not here to start a transit modal war nor are we transit zealots, but let’s be honest here, we highly doubt a bus (or even a train) could elicit such a response.

 

Akron Metro Gillig #2128 CNG

Would you ration water so you can bathe before you ride the new city bus? Well…I might but it’s really because I’m germaphobic (and a transit nerd).

 



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14
Sep

2015

Maiden Voyage – MIO Cable (Cali, Colombia)



Colombian cities continues to make headways in the field of urban gondola transport. This week, the MIO Cable in Cali, Colombia (pop: 2.3 million) is scheduled to begin operations on September 18. And thanks to the power of Youtube, you can now personally (well, at least virtually) take part in its maiden voyage by clicking the video above.

The 2km system, built by LEITNER Ropeways, will provide much needed transit service to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, Comuna 20 by reducing travel times from 30 minutes down to less than 10 minutes. The cable car has a capacity of 2,000 passengers per hour and is expected to transport 7,000 daily riders.

From September 18 to October 9, passengers will be able to hop aboard for free.

 

Length (m) 2080
Stations 4
Year Opened 2015
Capacity 2,200
Fare 1700 pesos
Trip Time ~7-10 minutes
Maximum speed (m/s) 5.0


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