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Mi Teleférico ((:mi tele'feɾiko), English: ''My Cable Car''), also known as Teleférico La Paz-El Alto (La Paz-El Alto Cable Car), is an aerial cable car urban transit system opened in 2014 in the Bolivian city of La Paz.〔("Evo Morales inaugura teléferico que une La Paz y El Alto" ). ''Prensa Latina''. May 30, 2014.〕 Currently three lines are in operation and six more lines are in the planning stage. The three initial lines were built by the Austrian company Doppelmayr.〔John Metcalfe. ("Bolivia Deploys the World's Largest System of Cable Cars" ). ''CityLab''. Apr. 11, 2014.〕 The first two lines, Red and Yellow, connect La Paz with the neighboring city of El Alto. The network currently consists of 10 stations, one of which, Chuqui Apu/Libertador, is shared by both the Yellow and Green Lines. At in length, Phase One (the first three lines) was considered to be the longest aerial cable car system in the world upon its completion in 2014,〔("Bolivia consolida la red de teleférico más largo del mundo" ). ''teleSUR''. Dec. 3, 2014.〕 and Phase Two will extend the system length by some .〔("Evo autoriza la construcción de seis nuevas líneas de teleférico en La Paz y El Alto" ). ''Página Siete''. Jan. 26, 2015.〕 Additionally, while other urban transit cable cars like Medellín's Metrocable complement existing rapid transit systems, Mi Teleférico will be the first rapid transit network to use cable cars as the primary mode of transportation.〔William Neuman. ("With Subway in the Sky, Valley Meets Plateau" ). ''New York Times''. Aug. 16, 2014. Accessed Feb. 6, 2015.〕 The system was planned in order to address a number of problems, including a precarious public transit system that could not cope with growing user demands, the high cost in time and money of traveling between La Paz and El Alto, chaotic traffic with its subsequent environmental and noise pollution, and a growing demand for gasoline and diesel fuel, which are subsidized by the state. ==History== In the 1970s, under city councilman Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán, a team planned an aerial cable car route connecting the neighborhoods of La Ceja in El Alto and La Florida in La Paz. In 1990, under mayor Ronald MacLean Abaroa, a feasibility study was undertaken for a cable car between La Ceja, El Alto and the Plaza de San Francisco, La Paz. The most controversial aspects of the plan were the fare, the low passenger capacity, and the proximity to the Basilica of San Francisco. During the 1991 elections, the Conciencia de Patria (CONDEPA) party candidate Julio Mantilla argued against a cable car, claiming it would cost minibus drivers their livelihoods and impact privacy. In 1993, mayoral candidate Mónica Medina, also of the CONDEPA party, made aerial transit one of her campaign promises, modifying the original idea of a single line into a system of interconnected cable car lines with a hub on Lainkakota hill. In 2003, under mayor Juan del Granado, the project returned to the table, but details such as tower placement stalled the work.〔Micaela Villa. ("Evo anuncia millonaria inversión para teleférico La Paz-El Alto" ). ''Periódico La Razón''. July 12, 2012.〕 The planned San Francisco terminal was moved to the Zapata soccer field near the Higher University of San Andrés, but the idea was still too controversial to move ahead. In 2011, the Municipal Government of La Paz carried out a study on potential ridership demand, and found that the city handles 1.7 million trips per day, including 350,000 trips between La Paz and El Alto. In July 2012, Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma sent the Plurinational Legislative Assembly a bill for the construction of a cable car to connect El Alto with the center and south of La Paz. Morales called together the mayor of La Paz, Luis Revilla, the mayor of El Alto, Édgar Patana, and the governor of the La Paz Department, César Cocarico, to participate in the project. The project is financed by the country's National Treasury with an internal loan from the Central Bank of Bolivia. The cable car was inaugurated and began operation on May 30, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mi Teleférico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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