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Mexico City is one of the most massive cities on the planet. Also hell when it comes to transportation. It is about one of the most congested cities in the world because you have to take the car for absolutely everything, but the Government found a solution: the cable car. What we have associated with ski resorts and tourism is in Mexico the artery for thousands of people to move much more quickly and economically. After a line of almost 12 kilometers, Mexico City is preparing something worthy of China. A new 15 kilometer cable car that will become the longest in the world. In short. If someone controls cable cars, that is Doppelmayr. This Austrian company is the largest manufacturer of cable cars in the world and is the one that, as we read in EFEis going to be in charge of the new longest cable car in the world. In total, 15.2 kilometers in length for Line 5 of the Cablebus of the Mexican capital. This line will have twelve stations, will interconnect the suburbs of Álvaro Obdal, Contreón and Beni Contreón and it is estimated that it will be able to transport 3,000 passengers per hour and direction in the 642 cabins it will have. The project will have a cost of about 400 million euros and something that draws attention is the start-up: 2028. It is one of the advantages of this transportation system. While railway lines, subways or roads require years of planning and construction, laying cable car cables is faster and easier. The longest, but not the only one. Those 15.2 kilometers are impressive, but they are not that far from other lines that already operate in Mexico City. Without going any further, Doppelmayr has laid more than 25 kilometers of cable between three lines that operate in different parts of the city and they are already building a Line 4 of 11.4 kilometers in length. In addition to Cablebús, there is Mexicanable (that came before), with another 13 kilometers deployed. Mexicable is the system of the State of Mexico operated by a Mexican company, while Cablebús is from CDMX and operated by Doppelmayr. Advantages. Aside from the short development times from when the project is approved to when it starts operating, the cable car is a relief for daily traffic. The first thing is that it is a simple way to connect the suburbs with the most central parts. Areas that are poorly connected today will be able to access a continuous route with other areas. In areas where the orography is complex and the roads are collapsed, it is a real transportation alternative. And, although it does not have the capacity of the metro, it is affordable transportation and, as we say, any help when it comes to decongesting the city is welcome in a city where Mexicans spend, on average, a hundred hours in traffic jams. There is also a reduction in CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere. The intangibles of ‘Cablebús’. Although they are not perfect and are sensitive to extreme weather conditions, such as strong winds or storms, there is something less visible, but equally important: the state of mind with which the user arrives at their destination. One of the problems that CDMX faces is that the population is geographically far away and disconnected. Travel times from peripheral areas to employment, education or health centers can be up to an hour and a half when the cable car would take about 45 minutes. This reduces the inequality gap, which is measured not so much in money as in hours and opportunities lost by living so far away. A study of the United Nations Office for Project Services measured the benefits of two Cablebús lines, specifically what they called: generalized travel costs. They are everything that a passenger absorbs beyond the price of the ticket, and the conclusion is that traveling by cable car saves 466 million hours in 20 years, 102,000 tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere and users arrive more rested where they need to go. Also safer as they are not exposed to traffic accidents. And, in the end, although they are not a magic solution, in certain cities, especially where the terrain is not a help, cable cars seem like a support for decongest the brutal daily traffic. When lines 4 and 5 are completed (by 2028), Mexico will have about 50 kilometers of public cable car. Images | Government of Mexico City, Joke 2021 In Xataka | Mexico spent a fortune building its Mayan Train to attract tourists. Things are not going as expected.