Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum Pardo Inaugurated Line 1 Of Cable Bus
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO JULY 11, 2021: Aerial view of the line 1 of the Cablebus during the inaguration of Line 1 of the Cableway (Cablebus), the largest urban transport cableway system in the world and the longest in Latin America. on July 11, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo credit should read Luis Barron / Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

After its inauguration, the new cable car system of Mexico City allowed commuters to visit the most traffic-clogged cities in the world on Monday.

Answering Mexico City's Congestion Problem

According to France24, the operation of the new cable cars in the capital city of Mexico promises to cut travel times for thousands of people in the northern portion of the city. The 9.2-kilometer or 5.7-mile aerial tramway, which was composed of 377 cable cars that can each carry 10 passengers would help the city's congestion problem.

Commuters were delighted by the new transportation system because compared to the buses and metro that they took in the past, passengers currently aboard the new 'Cablebus' system enjoyed their comfortable seats, legroom, air conditioning, and Wi-Fi. They also felt safe that they avoided buses where pickpockets and thieves operate.

A 46-year-old electrician, Marco Antonio Garcia, stated that a lot of time was wasted. Garcia emphasized that the Mexican city government should have done the cable car system much earlier. The electrician also said that he was delighted that what was a journey of more than an hour now only takes up to 20 minutes. Along with other passengers, Garcia laughed when he said that they were like in France or Switzerland, International Business Times reported.

Another commuter, 21-year-old psychology student Karen Leon said that the new cable car system reduced her travel time a lot. The student also added that the experience was amazing especially when traveling with family members who gazed down on the city with a mixture of excitement and amusement.

The change in the transportation system brought a huge impact on commuters. Many of the commuters endured the hellish ride in the past in the middle of the city and home to a total of more than 20 million individuals.

Based on the statement of Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum's office, the line which was situated between Cuautepec and Indios Verdes could carry up to 5,000 individuals an hour between six stations. The office also added that they were planning to open a second line in the eastern portion of the city.

Meanwhile, another cable car system was inaugurated in 2016 in Ecatepec, which is just north of the capital. Ecatepec is an area plagued by crime and also suffers from poor public transportation. Similar systems existed in a number of other Latin American cities, notably La Paz and adjoining El Alto in Bolivia which have a 32-kilometer aerial tramway.

The Inauguration

Mexico City's mayor inaugurated the first leg of City's the "Cablebus" line on Sunday. Authorities stated that the cable-car lines would be serving the poorer outskirts of the city of 9 million.

Mexico City's Secretary of Works, Jesus Esteva, called the Cablebus project as a project of social integration. Esteva added that it's an urban regeneration project.

Cable cars were seen as a cheaper, quicker option in bringing 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 issues of chaotic development, bad traffic and lack of rights-of-way, Republic World reported.

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Written by Jess Smith

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