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Cable cars and urban renewal in Medellín
- Hernanpm 9y agoThat is happening in my country too, https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/10/la-paz-cable-difference-city-subway-sky https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/10/la-paz-cable-...
- baxtr 9y agoPrevious discussion on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15571627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15571627
- nayuki 9y agoCBC The National, 20 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQfC6mKTErg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQfC6mKTErg The segment from 7min to 14min talks about Medellín and shows videos of the escalators and cable cars.
- dllu 9y agoIt is also interesting to read about the cable cars of Chiatura, Georgia, a small mining town that produces manganese. As of 2013, 17 of the aging tramways were in service. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/08/stalins-rope-roads/100577/ https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/08/stalins-rope-roads...
- FlyingSideKick 9y agoGiven budget and land scarcity Seattle could really use a cable way to connect downtown to Ballard, Queen Anne and other neighborhoods. Hopefully future transportation planners will consider cableways more seriously.