Wellington, in New Zealand, has more than a hundred private cable cars. I found out why. ■ Access Automation: https://accessauto.co.nz/ ■ Rose’s book: https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/all-who-live-on-islands/
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Great video Thank you
Building one of those things looks like an uphill battle!
The question this video has left me with is…. why has that Lady got a tattoo of a Meat Cleaver?!?
My husband made me pause the video at 3:43 to rant about how hard it is to get workshops to do welding correctly on precision strength steel ie by preheating the parts as shown at this timestamp. Good work, Access Automation! (we are also in NZ :D)
It's worth $120,000 to prevent having to take multiple trips with shopping bags.
What a lovely guy you interviewed here.
Rich people🙄
How did u age so fast
in the alps you have them too
I HAVE AN ACCESS AUTOMATION CABLE CAR AT MY HOUSE!
"Quite fit person"
You wot now?
So common in Wellington to have your building materials delivered by helicopter. Sometimes, a crane can reach over your property. But helicopter is quicker.
800 kg for only 10 passengers? these guys have definitely never been to the usa
200 grand??? that's insane. I was expecting him to say about 30 grand
For the price of a house you can now get to your house
This is such a great idea for accessibility! It's actually such a good idea that I hate my own country across the pond for not also thinking of this. Should be a normal thing everywhere, especially here in Canberra where you have to question the sanity of whoever decided to put some suburbs on some of those hills.
I'm actually curious if the hills are such a problem why don't Wellington residents build into the hillsides a short ways as opposed to keep building on top of them? Give themselves a bit more wiggle room without either excavating the entire hill and all that.
This is a really cool innovation and workaround to what would otherwise be a landscaping problem.
I lived there for 4 years and never noticed that there were private cable cars. I only ever noticed the one that goes to the botanical gardens.
As a wheelchair user, I've often wondered how I could fulfil my dream of living on a steep hillside. I suppose this is my answer… albeit a rather pricey one!
Why not make them cable car apartments homes that can move up and down a cliff or mountian. The cable car home.
why don't they build these together with neighbours
hefty belt, cable and pull walk up the hill. 😆
Who wakes up and thinks, "Today would be a good day to get meat cleaver tattooed on my arm!"?
Anyone?
This video is a testament the to absolute greed of property developers.
When I was younger found them so cool
They have those on lake front homes here in Minnesota
Awesome. I've seen similair things on the Cote d'Azur.
They should market in Japan. Lotsa hills there.
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit operates two Inclinators as well as 3 of the longest escalators in the Western Hemisphere at the deepest subway station on the system, Cityplace Station. Originally built to serve the headquarters of 7-Eleven.
if it is $120000, just buy an apartment with lift access.
OH I SEE. AND EACH HOME HAS TO BUILD EVERTHING THEMSLEFS. FURNTURE, EEVERTHING ELSE COMES BY TELEPORTATION.WHAT A BS HOME.
Reminds me of the house shown in Body Double. Question, why not park up higher on the hill at the level of the house?