With the commissioning of the Santo Domingo cable car, the Dominican capital has joined the ranks of Latin American cities that have opted for the aerial cable car system for mass transport, guaranteeing access to marginalised sectors and favouring social integration in Greater Santo Domingo. In addition to housing the electromechanical platform and resolving the functions of a transport infrastructure, they also fulfil an aesthetic function, as the design of the four stations: Gualey, Los Tres Brazos, Sabana Perdida and Charles de Gaulle stands out for its modern aesthetics - pure volumes with a contemporary formal language - and sites of ordered geometry that contrast with the surrounding urban landscape characterised by the informality of its constructions and visual pollution.
The cable car project included the construction of four stations (with intervention in their surroundings), the assembly of the electromechanical system with five platforms, 36 support towers or pylons and the assembly of the traction cable. The justification for the project was determined by the need for a safe and dignified integral mobility solution for more than 287,000 citizens of the National District and the municipalities of Santo Domingo East and Santo Domingo North.
The aerial cable system provides a feasible solution for the interconnection of the marginalised communities of Greater Santo Domingo - especially the neighbourhoods it crosses, which are Gualey, Los Tres Brazos and Sabana Perdida -, favours the urban transformation of the sectors on the banks of the Ozama River basin and generates social cohesion on a metropolitan scale. On the other hand, the physical and fare integration with the Santo Domingo metro and its feeder routes represents a sustainable management model from a social, economic and environmental point of view, with an estimated savings of approximately 30% in time and money for users.
