Uludağ is a highly regarded mountain and recreational resort situated at the highest peak of the western Anatolia region in Turkey. The resort is a year-round attraction that offers skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer. Access to the popular vacation destination has been served by an aerial tram that has connected the ski resort...
The Turkish capital of Ankara demonstrates effectively how cable propelled transit (CPT) can efficiently complement an already existent public transit network. The MDG 10-passenger gondola lift from Leitner ropeways connects the hillside towns of Sentepe and Yenimahalle with Ankara’s metro system. Installed in 2014, the cable car system was extended in 2015 making it the longest urban gondola on the Eurasian...
The Caracas Metrocable, a 5-station urban cable car in the capital of Venezuela, was inspired in part by the Medellin Metrocable in neighbouring Colombia. A triumph of engineering, it is the first known CPT to incorporate two 90-degree turns. However that is only part of Metrocable’s success. First, the Metrocable provides residents of in Barrio...
The Telluride & Mountain Village Gondola is one of the few public transit cable cars in North America. It directly connects the Colorado mountain towns of Telluride and Mountain Village. This $16 million gondola was built to reduce traffic between the two areas and the consequent pollution, plus enable skiers access without use of cars or...
The Spokane Falls Skyride is more than your classic “just-for-fun” sightseeing aerial cable car. Thoroughly integrated into the urban fabric, this gondola is an interesting case study for city builders. The system solves a multitude of urban obstacles: a municipal road, a city parking lot, parkland and the historic Monroe Street bridge that spans the...
The BreckConnect is a 2.3km (1.4mi) cable car which links the Town of Breckenridge to the Breckenridge Ski Resort. The opening of this system in 2006 meant that bus traffic between the two main activity nodes were significantly reduced. This was particularly important since the alpine resort is one of the most popular in America with over 1.5...
The Roosevelt Island Tram is considered America’s first CPT system and a true pioneer in the field of urban cable car transport. The Tram was necessitated by the development of Roosevelt Island when many residents started moving onto the island’s new housing projects in the 1970s. The Tram was built by Von Roll (a now...