Mexico’s capital and the most-populous city in North America, Mexico City has launched the first of the several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the city of 9 million.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated the first two stations, separated by 1.7 kilometres (1 mile), in the poor neighbourhood of Cuautepec, on the outskirts of the huge metropolis.&nbsp;

Each Cablebus air cabin has 10 seats and large windows for ventilation, due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the moment only six passengers, who must all wear face masks, will be allowed to board.

Cable cars are seen as a cheaper, quicker way to bring public transport to poor communities located high up hillsides. Since they’re airborne, the car lines also don’t have as many difficulties with Latin America’s notoriously difficult issues of chaotic development, bad traffic and lack of rights-of-way.

By June, the line will run almost 9.2 kilometers (6 miles) from Cuautepec, a working class neighborhood on the northern edge of Mexico City, to the nearest subway and bus station.&nbsp;

The stretch inaugurated Thursday covers just 1.7 kilometers (1.06 miles) of that route, to the neighborhood of Tlalpexco.

The system was developed by the Austrian company "Doppelmayr" which has built cable cars in 80 countries.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

Mexico’s capital and the most-populous city in North America, Mexico City has launched the first of the several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the city of 9 million.

Mexico’s capital and the most-populous city in North America, Mexico City has launched the first of the several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the city of 9 million. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated the first two stations, separated by 1.7 kilometres (1 mile), in the poor neighbourhood of Cuautepec, on the outskirts of the huge metropolis. Each Cablebus air cabin has 10 seats and large windows for ventilation, due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the moment only six passengers, who must all wear face masks, will be allowed to board. Cable cars are seen as a cheaper, quicker way to bring public transport to poor communities located high up hillsides. Since they’re airborne, the car lines also don’t have as many difficulties with Latin America’s notoriously difficult issues of chaotic development, bad traffic and lack of rights-of-way. By June, the line will run almost 9.2 kilometers (6 miles) from Cuautepec, a working class neighborhood on the northern edge of Mexico City, to the nearest subway and bus station. The stretch inaugurated Thursday covers just 1.7 kilometers (1.06 miles) of that route, to the neighborhood of Tlalpexco. The system was developed by the Austrian company "Doppelmayr" which has built cable cars in 80 countries. (With inputs from agencies)

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Mexico City -one of the world's biggest cities- inaugurated its first cable car line, the Cablebus, on Thursday (March 4) to improve mobility in this high and rugged area of 9 million people.

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Guinness records have announced Bolivia&#39;s cable car system to be included in its 2018 list as the largest car system in the world.

Bolivia&#39;s cable car system connects La Paz area to El Alto metropolitan area of Bolivia and is operated by state-run company name Mi Teleferico.

30 km long cable car system consists of 17 stations along with five lines, Red Yellow, Green, Blue and Orange.

It is at height of 3,600 (11,811 feet) to 4,000 kms (13,123 feet).

The system was planned in order to address a number of problems, including a precarious public transit system that could not cope with growing user demands, the high cost in time and money of traveling between La Paz and El Alto, chaotic traffic with its subsequent environmental and noise pollution, and a growing demand for gasoline and diesel fuel, which are subsidized by the state.

The electrically powered silent cable cars have built-in wifi and panoramic views of the Andes. The company Mi Teleferico has also released a mobile application for Android and Apple with information about existing and future lines.

Currently, about 159,000 passengers commute&nbsp;through the system in a day, and it aiming to achieve&nbsp;the goal of 300,000 when all the stations are fully built.

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Bolivia's cable car system connects La Paz area to El Alto metropolitan area of Bolivia and is operated by state-run company name Mi Teleferico

Guinness records have announced Bolivia's cable car system to be included in its 2018 list as the largest car system in the world. Bolivia's cable car system connects La Paz area to El Alto metropolitan area of Bolivia and is operated by state-run company name Mi Teleferico. 30 km long cable car system consists of 17 stations along with five lines, Red Yellow, Green, Blue and Orange. It is at height of 3,600 (11,811 feet) to 4,000 kms (13,123 feet). The system was planned in order to address a number of problems, including a precarious public transit system that could not cope with growing user demands, the high cost in time and money of traveling between La Paz and El Alto, chaotic traffic with its subsequent environmental and noise pollution, and a growing demand for gasoline and diesel fuel, which are subsidized by the state. The electrically powered silent cable cars have built-in wifi and panoramic views of the Andes. The company Mi Teleferico has also released a mobile application for Android and Apple with information about existing and future lines. Currently, about 159,000 passengers commute through the system in a day, and it aiming to achieve the goal of 300,000 when all the stations are fully built.

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Watch: Mexico City launches first line of cable car system

Mexico City launches first line of cable car system

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Bolivian cable car named world's longest by Guinness records