An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third moving cable providing propulsion. [1]

An aerial lift, [1] also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables.

Cable car on Ravna planina is a cable car system within the Ski Center Ravna planina, 25 km away from Sarajevo and 5 km from Pale and mountain Jahorina. It was opened on 25 December 2017 and consists of 19 blue cabins which are able to transport up to 2200 persons per hour.

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway—the world’s largest rotating tram car—travels over two-and-one-half miles along the breathtaking cliffs of Chino Canyon, transporting riders to the pristine wilderness of the Mt. San Jacinto State Park.

2023年12月17日 · Our findings show that detachable gondolas, called aerial cable cars in the transport literature, are the most used technology as a transit mode. Furthermore, the ACC initially served as a feeder mode, serving low-income communities on hillside terrains.

2025年1月15日 · Aerial cable cars are not without their limitations, however. Poor weather conditions, especially wind speeds of over 40 miles per hour for systems running on a single cable and 55 miles per ...

Simply speaking, Cable-Propelled (CPT) is a transit technology that moves people in motor-less, engine-less vehicles that are propelled by a steel cable. They are sometimes also referred to as gondolas, urban gondolas, cable cars, aerial trams and aerial rapid transit systems.

2024年11月29日 · In the United States, gondolas (also known as aerial cable cars) have mainly been proposed and developed as a small transportation line serving a private development, like the one proposed...

2017年12月20日 · Connecting hilly areas to urban centers by aerial cable cars can bring considerable travel time savings and other socio-economic benefits due to direct linkages and the absence of constraints from road traffic.

2024年2月9日 · Aerial cable cars remain rare for U.S. urban transportation, but cities and private groups see them as a novel solution to traffic woes.