Medellín, La Paz, New York... The urban cable car has won the vote with a number of municipalities across the Atlantic. Both economical and environment-friendly, the cable car seems to offer considerable advantages, opening up neighbourhoods and relieving traffic congestion. Closer to home, the city of Brest was the first to install an aerial public transport system. Ahead of Toulouse, which last summer put into service the longest cable car in France...

Why has this form of public transport succeeded in appealing to cities that characteristically are so very different? What regional planning issues does the cable car address? 

Is the urban cable car a solution for tomorrow? 

The answer to these questions with our guests:

• David Aubonnet,President of the UTI section (urban, tourist and industrial cable car operators) of the French National Cable Car Association
• Fabien Felli,Managing Director of Poma
• Victor Antonio,Director of Mobility, Brest Metropolis