Cable CARS

摘要

Residential cable cars in New Zealand have long occupied a grey area with regard to legislation and safety. There is currently no Approved Solution in the Building Code while the existing, and seldom used, Standard dates back to 1986. This outdated Standard, entitled NZS/AS 1735.8 Lifts, escalators and moving walks - Inclined lifts, is deemed to be inappropriate for New Zealand conditions. Specifically, it does not allow construction of cable cars on slopes greater than 450 and it does not allow for them to travel faster than 0.5m/s.