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Mi Teleférico: Worlds Highest Cable Car Transports over 42,000 people daily

Written by Constant June 24, 2015October 26, 2015 1 Comment

The earliest known use of cable transit for passenger transportation was in 250 B.C in South China. Though they have been used in European ski resorts for decades, it is only in the last few years that their use in urban centres has become widespread. Last year (2014), the Bolivian Government launched what is […]