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=== More recent developments === More recent developments are being classified under the type of track that their design is based upon.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} After the success of this operation, several other projects were initiated in [[New Zealand]] and [[Chicago]]. The social climate around pollution is allowing for a shift from cars back to the utilization of cable transport due to their advantages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oitaf.org/Kongress%202017/Referate/Marocchi%20Andrea.pdf |title=A new approach to urban transportation by cable |publisher=oitaf.org |access-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710010213/http://www.oitaf.org/Kongress%202017/Referate/Marocchi%20Andrea.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, for many years they were a niche form of transportation used primarily in difficult-to-operate conditions for cars (such as on ski slopes as lifts). Now that cable transport projects are on the increase, the social effects are beginning to become more significant.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sss10.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SSS10_Proceedings_131.pdf |title=Significant Social Effects |access-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511092239/http://www.sss10.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SSS10_Proceedings_131.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018 the highest 3S cablecar has been inaugurated in [[Zermatt]], [[Switzerland]] after more than two years of construction. This cablecar is also called the "Matterhorn Glacier ride" and it allows passengers to reach the top of the [[Klein Matterhorn]] mountain (3883m)<ref>{{cite web |title=highest 3S cablecar |url=https://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/Media-corner/Press-releases/The-world-s-highest-3S-cableway-is-officially-inaugurated |website=Zermatt Matterhorn |publisher=Zermatt |access-date=8 October 2018 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009052655/https://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/Media-corner/Press-releases/The-world-s-highest-3S-cableway-is-officially-inaugurated |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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