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Importance of ropeways in urban transportation, The
Baumann, Peter ; International Organization for Transportation by Rope. North American Continental Section
Baumann, Peter
International Organization for Transportation by Rope. North American Continental Section
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2009
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Urban transportation has so far made little use of the many advantages of ropeways, despite the fact that already in the 1980's a number of conferences were held in order to promote such systems. What are the reasons for the so far modest success of all these efforts? In this paper we will try to demonstrate the main reasons, such as lack of information and know-how in the heads of urban planners, the lack of information and incorporation in the respective education at universities, the amusement type image of the systems as well as the fact, that the systems have made an tremendous development in the last 15 years in terms of travel speed and capacities. Some very positive examples of the use of ropeways in urban transportation will be shown, examples of Aerial Tramways, Funiculars, Cable Liners, 3S-Systems and Monocable Gondolas. A special focus will be pointed at the integration of ropeways into other modes of transport. Instead of the question being asked "Ropeway or another form of transport", the discussion should be about integrated systems. Here we see the big potential of ropeways. At last we will show the CO2 - Emissions from Ropeways compared to convential busses.
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