Georgia dreams of a new transport system - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
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Other towns have buses or trams. In Chiatura, in mountainous Georgia, a vast system of cable cars serve public transportation needs, bringing passengers to the neighbourhoods up the slopes. You hit the central rope way station down the valley where cables from three different directions meet. It is the only such station in the world.
This transport system is a testimony of the Soviets’ unique town planning, making Chiatura a place of historical and architectural significance. Yet its legacy has hardly been recognized.
