{"id":297545,"date":"2021-07-13T09:53:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T06:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/commuters-escape-mexico-city-gridlock-in-new-cable-car\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T09:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T06:53:39","slug":"commuters-escape-mexico-city-gridlock-in-new-cable-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/commuters-escape-mexico-city-gridlock-in-new-cable-car\/","title":{"rendered":"#Commuters escape Mexico City gridlock in new cable car"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Commuters escape Mexico City gridlock in new cable car<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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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>\n

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>\n

“How much time was wasted. They should have done this much earlier,” said 46-year-old electrician Marco Antonio Garcia, delighted that what was a journey of more than an hour now takes 20 minutes. <\/p>\n

“Are we in France or Switzerland?” he said, laughing along with the other passengers.<\/p>\n

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>\n

“It reduces my travel time a lot,” 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>\n

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>\n

The line between Cuautepec and Indios Verdes can carry up to 5,000 people an hour between six stations, according to Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum’s office, which plans to open a second line in the east of the city.<\/p>\n