engene@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoCable car gondolas as public transportationlemmy.caimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1imageCable car gondolas as public transportationlemmy.caengene@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
This would be an excellent idea! It’s not for all cases but this could be adopted where it makes sense 👏
minus-squareHighstronaught@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoThey lack the capacity to be usefull unfortunately. A tram, bus lane, train/metro or bike lane would do the job better.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoThe way it is build in La Paz in Bolivia allows it to have quite a lot of capacity. Yes each cabin only holds 10 people or so, but they come every 30 seconds or so if I remember correctly.
minus-squareHighstronaught@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoIf we take that assumption that is 20 people a minute, or 1200 people an hour. About as much as if everyone just drove in their cars.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoOk, you made me look it up. The actual capacity is 3000-4000 passengers per hour in peak direction according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi_Teleférico
They lack the capacity to be usefull unfortunately. A tram, bus lane, train/metro or bike lane would do the job better.
The way it is build in La Paz in Bolivia allows it to have quite a lot of capacity.
Yes each cabin only holds 10 people or so, but they come every 30 seconds or so if I remember correctly.
If we take that assumption that is 20 people a minute, or 1200 people an hour. About as much as if everyone just drove in their cars.
Ok, you made me look it up. The actual capacity is 3000-4000 passengers per hour in peak direction according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi_Teleférico