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Come visit beautiful San Francisco! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system I

• eatonphil 11y ago
  Ah of course, that was silly of me. I guess I meant suspended cable travel.
  • Retric 11y ago
    Sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_lift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_lift or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola_lift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola_lift
    • eatonphil 11y ago
      You are right! But it is now apparent that the question I had in mind is completely different from the one I actually asked. nbadg caught on to what I meant which was more along the lines of: could suspended cable transportation be a feasible mode of public transportation in cities?
      • AdamTReineke 11y ago
        Yes. The biggest benefit is very low ground footprint and highly predictable traffic flow. A few articles discuss it as a reasonable form of mass transit. http://urbanland.uli.org/infrastructure-transit/public-transit-takes-sky-cable-car-gondola/ http://urbanland.uli.org/infrastructure-transit/public-trans... http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/commute-by-gondola-kirkland-may-be-up-for-the-idea/ http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/commute-by-gondola-...
        • eatonphil 11y ago
          This is really cool. Thank you for sharing!
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