Rope transportation well-established in south America`s cities

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VOREPPE, France,
June 2, 2015
poma.net
ROPE TRANSPORTATION
WELL-ESTABLISHED IN SOUTH AMERICA’S CITIES
The Metrocable ropeway transportation system
in Medellin, Columbia was built by POMA in
2004. Ten years later, Medellin – the second
largest city in Columbia, with a population
of 2.2 million -- has again placed its trust in
POMA. The city has requested that POMA build
two new detachable gondola lifts, to extend
the existing urban transport network and open
up the low-lying neighborhoods to the city’s
heights. Work started in July 2014, and the
public opening is planned for mid-2016.
Medellin was named “the most innovative
city” in 2013 by the Urban Land Institute, an
international non-profit organization based in
Washington D.C. “Few cities have transformed
the way that Medellín has in the past 20 years,”
the Urban Land Institute wrote in a statement
online.
Medellin is one of the first cities in the world
to develop its urban transportation by using
aerial tramways. Millions of passengers travel
monthly on its existing POMA Metrocable
gondola lifts. The two new 8/10-seater detachable gondola lifts are part of the Corredores
Verdes “Sustainable Travel” project, and will be
connected to the city’s current tramway. The
first line stretches over a length of 1,450 metres
with an altitude rise of 197 m, and has 42
cabins with a capacity of 1,800 passengers per
hour. The second line stretches over a length
of 1,006 metres with an altitude rise of 276 m,
and has 49 cabins with a capacity of 2,500
passengers per hour.
In Oruro in Bolivia, POMA is building a detachable gondola lift at the heart of the city. The lift
has a Direct Drive system that reduces energy
consumption by 5%, and noise emissions by
15 decibels. This 824-metre-long gondola
lift has a capacity of 1,000 passengers per
hour. The arrival station is integrated into the
existing architectural and cultural surroundings.
Commissioning is planned for the end of 2015.
Oruro is famous for its Carnaval -- the largest
annual cultural event in Bolivia and the second
largest in South America, with 28,000 dancers
and 10,000 musicians.
In Santiago, Chile, POMA is building a new
gondola lift from the Santiago Metropolitan
urban park to the top of the San Cristóbal hill,
where an impressive statue of the Virgin Mary
overlooks a breathtaking panoramic view. The
gondola lift stretches over a length of 2,000
metres with an altitude rise of 200 m, and has
47 cabins with a capacity of 1,000 passengers
per hour. Commissioning is planned for the
beginning of 2016.
In Zacatecas, Mexico, POMA will replace the
old aerial tramway with a modern Direct Drive
gondola lift system. This will link the summit of
the Cerro de la Bufa to the bottom of the Cerro
del Grillo, both important tourist attractions in
the city. The new gondola lift stretches over
a length of 650 metres with an altitude rise
of 110 m, and has 4 cabins with a capacity of
500 passengers per hour. Commissioning is
planned for the beginning of 2016.
For Jean Souchal, Chairman of the POMA
Executive Board, the future of urban transport lies in ropeway transportation: “In South
America, POMA has once again shown that
rope transportation is an excellent choice for
dynamic, multiple and interconnected transportation networks. In one word: intermodality.
Rope transportation is a smart solution when
confronted with a limited space, since it has a
very small environmental footprint, is reliable,
and adapts to harsh terrain. Ropeway transport
fully integrates city transit networks to meet the
daily transportation requirements of populations
around the world.“
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Population mobility is a major
social and environmental issue
for urban environments.
In Europe, ropeway transportation
is still not widely used -unlike cities in South America
which have leapt ahead by
enthusiastically integrating
ropeways into their transport
networks. South America sets
an example for the rest of the
world, by investing in ropeway
transportation and putting it at
the heart of intermodality.
In 2015, the French company
POMA is building several
gondola lifts at the heart of
Medellin (Colombia), Zacatecas
(Mexico), Santiago, Chile and
Oruro (Bolivia). Let’s take a look
at these pioneering cities and
their commitment to ropeway
transportation.
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POMA
With over 8,000 lifts built worldwide
over the past 80 years, the French
POMA Group has become a leading
player in rope transportation.
POMA innovates all around the globe
and has demonstrated its knowhow and expertise in urban rope
transportation, mountain, tourism,
entertainment, science and industry.
In 2014 POMA’s revenue reached
290.6 million euros.
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