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As far back as thousands of years ago, transport problemswere already being solved with the help of ropes.Even if astonishingly advanced “ropeways” came to be usedback then for the transport of people and goods, the modernropeway only made its first appearance in the middle ofthe nineteenth century. The necessary momentum for thiswas provided during the Industrial Revolution by the steamengine, the railroad, and the wire rope.With the first cableways, there was a clear divisionbetween passenger transportation on the ground (funicularsand cable cars) and the transport of goods either on theground or in the air (aerial cableways). Starting around 1900,higher-performance aerial cableways also began to be builtfor passenger transportation, and they mainly establishedthemselves in alpine areas.The automobile’s conquest of the USA starting in the1920s and Europe after 1945 moved the cableway out of thecities. Nevertheless, as a result of increasing winter tourismin the mountains, cable car technology experienced rapidtechnical development in the following decades. Today, thecableway is a mature, efficient, and comfortable means oftransportation.Due to their specific characteristics, such as flexibilityand cost efficiency, a paradigm shift is now underway inurban planning and development, as cableways are onceagain gaining in importance as a means of transportationwithin the city.Schon vor Jahrtausenden wurden Transportprobleme mitHilfe von Seilen gelöst. Auch wenn bereits erstaunlichausgereifte ›Seilbahnen‹ zum Transport von Menschen undGütern zum Einsatz kamen, gibt es die moderne Seilbahndoch erst seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die notwendigenImpulse dazu lieferten – im Zusammenhang mit derIndustriellen Revolution – die Dampfmaschine, die Eisenbahnund das Drahtseil.Bei den ersten Seilbahnen wurde klar getrennt zwischendem Personentransport ausschließlich am Boden (Standseilbahnoder Cable Car) und dem Gütertransport entwederam Boden oder in der Luft (Seilschwebebahn). Ab etwa 1900wurden leistungsfähige Seilschwebebahnen auch für denPersonentransport errichtet, welche sich vor allem in alpinenGegenden etablierten.Der Siegeszug des Automobils ab 1920 in den USA undab 1945 in Europa verdrängte die Seilbahn aus den Städten.Aufgrund des zunehmenden Wintertourismus in den Bergenerfuhr die Seilbahntechnik in den folgenden Jahrzehntendennoch eine rasante technische Entwicklung. Heute istdie Seilbahn ein ausgereiftes, effizientes und komfortablesTransportmittel.Paradigmenwechsel in der Stadtentwicklung und-planung führen heute dazu, dass Seilbahnen mit ihren spezifischenEigenschaften, wie Flexibilität und Kosteneffizienz,als innerstädtische Verkehrmittel wieder an Bedeutunggewinnen.Risolvere i problemi di trasporto con l’aiuto di una fune èun sistema in uso già da migliaia di anni. Tuttavia, nonostantel’esistenza di ‹ impianti a fune › per quei tempi giàsorprendentemente sviluppati, che servivano per il trasportodi persone e di materiali, si può parlare di impianti a funemoderni solo a partire dalla metà del 19. secolo. L’evoluzionefu possibile grazie alla sinergia di macchina a vapore, ferroviae funi metalliche nonché, chiaramente, grazie alla rivoluzioneindustriale.Inizialmente esisteva un netto confine tra gli impiantiper il trasporto delle persone, rigorosamente a terra (funicolario Cable Car), e quelli per il trasporto materiali, chepotevano essere a terra o aerei (funivie). A partire dal 1900,soprattutto nelle zone alpine, si iniziano a costruire ancheefficienti funivie aeree per il trasporto di persone.L’eclatante successo dell’automobile, iniziato nel 1920in America e nel 1945 in Europa, ha sfrattato gli impianti afune dalle città. Nei decenni successivi, tuttavia, la tecnica inquesto settore ha fatto passi da gigante, in conseguenza dellacrescita del turismo invernale in ambito montano. Oggi gliimpianti a fune sono un mezzo di trasporto maturo, efficientee confortevole.I cambiamenti avvenuti di recente nello sviluppo e nellapianificazione del tessuto urbano hanno determinato unarivalutazione degli impianti a fune come mezzi di trasportolocale, grazie alle loro caratteristiche di flessibilità ed economicità.Traveling in Berlin (c. 1892) by recreational aerial cableway,driven by a compressed gas-fueled engine. Lower left: themachinist manning the brake. The text in the right columnreads, “The cableway serves for amusement here. But it alsoprovides proof of the practical usefulness of such systems fortransportation. With regard to the crossing of rivers, valleys,gorges... the cableway ought to be extraordinarily suitable,since it is constructed quickly and cheaply, and overcomingdifficulties in preparing the ground plays only a subordinaterole here.”12Mit Gasmotor betriebene Freizeit-Seilschwebebahn in Berlin(um 1892), links unten der Maschinist an der Bremse. Der Textin der rechten Spalte lautet: »Die Seilbahn dient hier demVergnügen; sie liefert aber auch den Beweis für die praktischeBrauchbarkeit solcher Anlagen für das Verkehrswesen. ZurÜberbrückung von Flüssen, Thälern, Schluchten [...] soll dieSeilbahn außerordentlich geeignet sein, da ihr Bau schnell undbillig fertigzustellen ist und die Überwindung von Schwierigkeitenin der Bodengestaltung hier nur eine untergeordneteRolle spielt.«La funivia turistica di Berlino (intorno al 1892), movimentatacon motori a gas, in basso a destra il macchinista all’azionamentodel freno. Il testo della colonna di destra spiega: « Inquesto caso la funivia serve al divertimento; dimostra peròanche la predisposizione di questo tipo di impianti all’utilizzocome mezzo di trasporto pubblico. Al fine di superare fiumi,valli, dirupi […] la funivia risulterebbe particolarmenteindicata, grazie al fatto che la sua costruzione risulta veloceed economica, e il superamento delle difficoltà connesse con laconformazione del terreno sottostante ha un ruolo del tuttosecondario. »▸
II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CABLEWAY • KLEINE GESCHICHTE DER SEILBAHN • BREVE STORIA DEGLI IMPIANTI A FUNE13
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V. ArchitectureArchitekturL’archi
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V. ARCHITECTURE • ARCHITEKTUR •
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Anyone who examines the layout of a
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Short Distances IncreaseQuality of
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CommunicationsSupport Public Transi
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Transfer Points are theGateway to T
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VII. The Cableway in the CityDie Se
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VII. THE CABLEWAY IN THE CITY • D
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Costs and FinancingModelsKosten und
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VIII. Selected ExamplesAusgewählte
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VIII. SELECTED EXAMPLES • AUSGEW
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ExpressTram (Detroit, USA)ExpressTr
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SATU (Oeiras, Portugal)SATU (Oeiras
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The new Hungerburgbahn is the faste
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Ritten Cable Car(Bolzano, Italy)Rit
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Tung Chung Cable Car(Hong Kong, Chi
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The cable car ride over the sea and
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Funicular and Telefèricde Montjuï
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IX. Photo GalleryPorto (Portugal):
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IX. PHOTO GALLERYGenting (Malaysia)
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XI. CHRONOLOGYXI. ChronologyApprox.
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