Editing Cable transport (section)

== Urban cableways ==
Urban cable transport encompasses all transport systems that use cables to pull vehicles around cities. The gondola or cableway type is spreading relatively quickly in South American urban environments, following the success of Medellín's Metrocable around 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le metrocable de Medellin : pilote de la mobilité de demain ? |url=https://www.demainlaville.com/le-metrocable-de-medellin-pilote-de-la-mobilite-de-demain/ |website=Demain La Ville - Bouygues Immobilier |date=2020-10-20}}</ref><ref name="10.1080/01441647.2023.2294752">{{cite journal |last1=Cardona-Urrea |first1=Santiago |last2=and Ettema |first2=Dick |title=Aerial cable cars as a transit mode: a review of technological advances, service area characteristics, and societal impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean |journal=Transport Reviews |date=3 May 2024 |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=684–708 |doi=10.1080/01441647.2023.2294752 |issn=0144-1647}}</ref><ref name="bbc20190103">{{cite news |title=The rise of the urban cable car |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190103-the-rise-of-the-urban-cable-car |access-date=6 April 2025 |work=www.bbc.com |date=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="smithsonianmagParks"/> As of 2023, 33 aerial cable cars (ACC) transit lines were inaugurated in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the majority after 2010.<ref name="10.1080/01441647.2023.2294752"/> There are also three recent installations in [[Algeria]] in [[Tlemcen]], [[Skikda]] and [[Constantine Cable Car|Constantine]]. Urban cable cars are a relatively old concept – the [[Grenoble-Bastille cable car|Bastille cable car]] in [[Grenoble]], France went into service in 1934<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |title=Téléphérique de la Bastille : "les bulles" |url=https://www.grenoble-patrimoine.fr/element/105/595-telepherique-de-la-bastille-les-bulles.htm |website=www.grenoble-patrimoine.fr}}</ref> and the [[Sugarloaf Cable Car]]s in [[Rio de Janeiro]] in 1912 and 1913,<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |title=Téléphérique (bicâble) à va-et-vient (TPH V) du Pain de Sucre 1 & 2 - www.remontees-mecaniques.net |url=https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/ |website=www.remontees-mecaniques.net }}</ref> although the purpose of these installations is not to transport city dwellers in the narrow sense, but to serve as a tourist site. The majority of installations were built to overcome specific geographical challenges,<ref name="bbc20190103"/> such as for river crossings, access to islands, major urban breaks (motorway, railway, large industrial site) or steep gradients.

Urban cable cars often have advantages such as [[Sustainable urban infrastructure|relatively small environmental footprints]] or less air pollution,<ref name="bbc20190103"/> rapid and less complex construction than other transport infrastructures,<ref name="smithsonianmagParks">{{cite web |last1=Parks |first1=Shoshi |title=Seven Cities in the World Where You Can Ride an Aerial Cable Car |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/seven-cities-in-the-world-where-you-can-ride-an-aerial-cable-car-180985817/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref> lower cost,<ref name="bbc20190103"/> low [[noise pollution]],<ref name="bbc20190103"/> faster transport,<ref name="bbc20190103"/> a comfortable pleasant view,<ref name="bbc20190103"/><ref name="smithsonianmagParks"/> a pull factor for tourists,<ref name="bbc20190103"/> very little space needs at ground level,<ref name="smithsonianmagParks"/>and lower energy cost per passenger. In Medellin, connecting high-up neighborhoods with the rest of the city through its MetroCable system has helped reduce the city's crime rates.<ref name="bbc20190103"/> Disadvantages can include challenges of poor weather conditions and slower speeds depending on the case.<ref name="smithsonianmagParks"/> 

According to a World Bank study, they typically reach speeds of between 10-20km/h and can carry up to 2,000 people per hour in each direction.<ref name="bbc20190103"/> One line in Bolivia's capital [[La Paz]] carries up to 65,000 people every 24 hours. It has a length of 16km as of 2019 and a one-way ticket costed around $0.42.<ref name="bbc20190103"/> There are [[Urban planning|installations planned]] all over the world that do not necessarily address specific geographical problems – according to The Gondola Project,<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Gondola Project |url=https://www.gondolaproject.com/about/ |website=The Gondola Project |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> these include [[Tasmania]], [[Gothenburg]] (Sweden), [[Mombasa]] (Kenya) and [[Chicago]].<ref name="bbc20190103"/>
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File:Barcelona August 2014 - Seilbahn de Montjuic 003.jpg|[[Montjuïc Cable Car]], Barcelona
File:London Cable Car (110813-203 CPS 11711627636).jpg|[[London cable car]]
File:Seilbahn Köln.jpg|[[Cologne Cable Car]]
File:14-Teleférico-La-Paz-nX-7.jpg|[[Mi Teleférico]], [[La Paz]]
File:2018_Medellín_,_Metrocable_estación_Villa_Sierra_de_la_Línea_H.jpg|[[Metrocable (Medellín)|Metrocable]], [[Medellín]]
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