
The “TransMiCable“ cable car in Bogotá has considerably
improved the lives of the locals considerably - also through supports. © DOPPELMAYR
Cities, SI Urban 1/2024
How supports can enrich public spaces
Vienna University of Technology examined the social and spatial potential of urban cable car supports. Three cable cars in Latin America were considered specifically in case studies. The results are newsworthy.
21. February 2024
Supports carry the cable of a cable car and thus link up the stations of a cable car system. They are placed at strategic points along the route to prevent the cable from becoming overstretched or unstable.
Yet cable car supports have more than just a technical function; if used