Environmental impacts of introducing cable cars in the Andean landscape: A case study for Kuelap, Peru

Biberos-Bendezú, Karen; Vázquez‐Rowe, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137323

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“…To provide appropriate insights into the systematic literature review, the results were clustered into matching subject areas, following the notion that urban cable cars are commonly defined as a sustainable transport mode [6,[23][24][25][26][27][28]. While there is no universal definition of sustainable transport, the United Nations has provided an understanding that describes it as follows: "Sustainable transport is the provision of services and infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods-advancing economic and social development to benefit today's and future generations-in a manner that is safe, affordable, accessible, efficient, and resilient, while minimizing carbon and other emissions and environmental impacts" [29].…”

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“…Considering the previously highlighted thoughts on rapid urbanization and the need for prompt solutions, the motivation of this paper is multifaceted. In general, the literature on urban cable cars has been scarce for years [5][6][7][8], and the limited publications that do exist often have a confined perspective. Primarily technical characteristics, such as system lengths or cabin sizes, are often examined in this respect [9,10].…”

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Are We Taking Off? A Critical Review of Urban Aerial Cable Cars as an Integrated Part of Sustainable Transport

Flesser

Friedrich

2022

Sustainability

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The overall growth of the world’s population and urbanization lead to rethinking transport planning, further developing the conventional transport systems, and complementing new ones usefully, especially in urban environments. One way to cope with this challenge is to leave behind the already severely saturated urban land use model and move to the third dimension. This includes the use of urban aerial cable cars, which can complement conventional public transport in certain transport relations. Accordingly, this paper aims to answer how the recent, past, or planned implementations of urban aerial cable cars are assessed in the scientific literature, what open research questions need to be answered to enhance the success of transport systems, and what the chances are of cable cars becoming a standard part of transport planners’ repertoires. Following systematic literature review methods, 54 studies from different databases were identified and processed in a multi-stage procedure to provide transparent insight into the relevant literature. The results, especially concerning urban and transport integration, are discussed in detail, emphasizing that cable cars have already partially found their niche, but their role in the urban environment has not yet been sufficiently studied. In conclusion, the study’s originality fills the gap in providing a review of urban aerial cable cars from a transport planning perspective by systematically considering today’s globally available literature.

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Are We Taking Off? A Critical Review of Urban Aerial Cable Cars as an Integrated Part of Sustainable Transport

Flesser

Friedrich

2022

Sustainability

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“…Main features of cable car systems are the small environmental footprint, low energy consumption and zero emissions [22]. They have a compact design of stations and a silent operation.…”

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Evaluating transport sustainability in metropolitan Athens through a cable car proposal as a partial alternative to the announced metro Line 4.

Papadopoulou

Tzanetatos

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Transport sector bears a significant share of responsibility for today’s society environmental issues. In this context, transport ought to include sustainable design principles in the early stages of development of each project. The present work examines an alternative proposal for Metropolitan Athens urban transport, introducing an innovative solution that has recently emerged, urban cable cars. Through literature study and the review of other cities’ best practices, cable cars’ technical characteristics as well as favourable and limiting factors are analysed. A new cable car line is proposed as a partial alternative to line 4 of the Athens metro, which construction has been announced to begin soon. The area of interest covers Zografou and Kaisariani Municipalities, located just a throw stone away from the center of Athens. Comparison factors include capacity, travel time, accessibility, safety, construction time and cost, operating and maintenance costs, environmental impacts, social acceptance and travel quality. Results indicate that cable cars provide sufficient capacity for the specific area offering many environmental advantages and also better coverage, lower cost (both construction and maintenance), lower energy consumption and better travel quality. On the other hand, Athens metro line 4 is evaluated as over-designed according to the expected ridership. As the latest developments in technology show, cable cars are sustainable means of transport with great potential within the urban fabric, under certain circumstances. The contribution of this work relies on revealing alternative solutions to cities’ transit problems, which in terms of environmental design can be resolved without the need to invest in large-scale projects such as metros.

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“…Cable cars as a means of public transport are used today on ski slopes for transporting skiers, in tourism [1], for panoramic views of the landscape [2], in cities (for crossing landscape barriers or steep hills, for avoiding traffic bottlenecks [3] and narrow streets and informal settlements [4,5]), etc. In recent years, cable cars have represented a severe alternative to mass transport for the mobility of the local population [6,7].…”

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Analysis of the Reliability of Automated Electric Motor Drives of Cable Cars at Ski Fields

Bogićević¹,

Petković²,

Kojić³

2023

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The basic questions that arise when maintaining an automated electric drive relate to the safety and reliability of the elements in operation. The maintenance strategy of these elements is planned to start from the basic facts related to the plant’s importance, type and purpose. The main purpose of maintenance is the timely detection of a fault and its elimination, i.e. ensuring continuous operation of the plant. In this work, the operation of the cable car was analyzed by monitoring the reliability of the electric drive. An analysis of the significance of reliability coefficients is a potentially new method for maintenance planning. The aim of the research was to define a new strategy for the maintenance of the facility and ensure the maximum safety of skiers through the analysis of previous events. Research is based on coefficients that indicate the reliability, frequency of failures, availability and unavailability of the elements that make up a drive. The essence of the conducted research is based on a new strategy for planning and maintaining such a facility, aiming to ensure skiers’ safety and protection.

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Environmental impacts of introducing cable cars in the Andean landscape: A case study for Kuelap, Peru

Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

Are We Taking Off? A Critical Review of Urban Aerial Cable Cars as an Integrated Part of Sustainable Transport

Are We Taking Off? A Critical Review of Urban Aerial Cable Cars as an Integrated Part of Sustainable Transport

Evaluating transport sustainability in metropolitan Athens through a cable car proposal as a partial alternative to the announced metro Line 4.

Analysis of the Reliability of Automated Electric Motor Drives of Cable Cars at Ski Fields

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