Electric shoes can increase walking speeds.
To New Zealand, where a startup is looking at cable cars as a local transport alternative to trains, buses and cars. Unlike a traditional aerial gondola with its moving cables and fixed cabins, here modules are fitted with an electric engine.
The cabins move autonomously along a guideway of static cable and rail, changing direction at coupling points or descending to street level for passenger access at stops.
Allowing people with mobility issues to make equal use of the innovation. Journeys can be booked via app; routes are flexible and optimised by an algorithm based on the available network. A pilot project is already planned.
In Italy, meanwhile, modular buses are being trialled.
