engene@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoCable car gondolas as public transportationlemmy.caimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1imageCable car gondolas as public transportationlemmy.caengene@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
This would be an excellent idea! It’s not for all cases but this could be adopted where it makes sense 👏
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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-up3·2 days 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-up3·2 days 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
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