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Here's some schematics of Bogotá's mentioned cable car.[0] Bogotá desperately needs solutions to the cities car crowding. They've tried a lot of innovative thin

Here's some schematics of Bogotá's mentioned cable car.[0] Bogotá desperately needs solutions to the cities car crowding. They've tried a lot of innovative things: closing major roads on Sunday only allow bikes and pedestrians, limiting cars in the city by license plate number. The traffic is still terrible. Also of note, taxi associations in Bogotá have been facing off against Uber, sometimes violently. [0] http://gondolaproject.com/2014/10/01/bogotas-cable-cars-learning-but-not-duplicating/ http://gondolaproject.com/2014/10/01/bogotas-cable-cars-lear...

personlurking 9y ago
Those innovations sound like you could be talking about São Paulo as well (they've done all those things). One of the proposals I once heard from a São Paulo city planner was for more people to telecommute. If more companies allow for remote work, the streets don't need to be (as) congested. But I'm skeptical about the long-term success of such a move. What would work a lot better, with the current set-up, is a massive carpooling scheme, since SP transit stats show most automobile trips are single-occupant (IIRC). What would work even better than that is another city-planning 'trick' - making as many neighborhoods as self-sufficient as possible (work/shop/commune near where you already live).