Commuters escape Mexico City gridlock in new cable car

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/07/13/20210713-cable-car-system.jpg"/><figcaption>Passengers travel on the cable car system dubbed Cablebus after its inauguration outskirts of Mexico City, on July 12, 2021. Mexico City put into operation on Monday a cable car system that promises to save time for thousands of users who must travel from the peripheral neighbourhood of Cuautepec, in the north of the capital, towards downtown areas. <em>Pedro Pardo, Agence France-Presse</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MEXICO CITY - Commuters soared over one of the world&#x27;s biggest and most traffic-clogged cities as a new cable car system went into operation in the Mexican capital on Monday.</p><p>The 9.2-kilometer (5.7 miles) aerial tramway, comprising 377 cars that can each carry 10 passengers, promises to cut travel times for thousands of people in northern Mexico City.</p><p>&quot;How much time was wasted. They should have done this much earlier,&quot; said 46-year-old electrician Marco Antonio Garcia, delighted that what was a journey of more than an hour now takes 20 minutes. </p><p>&quot;Are we in France or Switzerland?&quot; he said, laughing along with the other passengers.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/28/16/cable-cars-eyed-to-ease-metro-traffic">Cable cars eyed to ease Metro traffic</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/04/21/philippines-france-possible-funding-car-cable-system">Philippines, France discuss &#x27;possible&#x27; funding for first urban car cable system</a></li></ul><p>In contrast to the buses and metro where pickpockets and thieves operate, passengers aboard the new Cablebus system enjoyed comfortable seats, legroom, air conditioning and Wi-Fi.</p><p>&quot;It reduces my travel time a lot,&quot; 21-year-old psychology student Karen Leon said, traveling with family members who gazed down on the city with a mixture of astonishment and amusement.</p><p>It was a welcome change from the hellish commute that many endure in the capital and surrounding urban sprawl, home to a total of more than 20 million people.</p><p>The line between Cuautepec and Indios Verdes can carry up to 5,000 people an hour between six stations, according to Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum&#x27;s office, which plans to open a second line in the east of the city.</p><p>Another cable car system was inaugurated in 2016 in Ecatepec just north of the capital, an area plagued by crime and poor public transportation.</p><p>Similar systems also exist in a number of other Latin American cities, notably La Paz and adjoining El Alto in Bolivia which have a 32-kilometer aerial tramway.</p><p>yug-dr/jh</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1725954" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MEXICO CITY - Commuters soared over one of the world's biggest and most traffic-clogged cities as a new cable car system went into operation in the Mexican capital on Monday.</p>

MEXICO CITY - Commuters soared over one of the world's biggest and most traffic-clogged cities as a new cable car system went into operation in the Mexican capital on Monday.

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Commuters escape Mexico City gridlock in new cable car

Commuters escape Mexico City gridlock in new cable car

Agence France-Presse

Published Jul 13, 2021 10:26 AM PHT

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