Jbaan Cable Car: Amsterdam’s Fast, Green and Future-proof Public Transport Connection - urbanNext, July 22, 2019. - 726 words.

Essay, Middle Density, Territory and mobility, UNStudio, Urban Paradigms

Amsterdam, Bridge, Design, Flexibility, Future cities, Infrastructure, Mobility, Operative Infrastructure, Project, Public Transport, skyline, Sustainable, Sustainable infrastructure, Territory&Mobility, The Netherlands, Traffic, Transportation, Transportation Systems, Urban landscape, Waterfront


UNStudio has completed designs for the IJbaan: Amsterdam’s future cable car, commissioned by the IJbaan Foundation (Stichting IJbaan). The IJbaan is a grassroots “Amsterdammer” citizens’ initiative, snowballing from a crowdfunding campaign led by Bas Dekker and Willem Wessels started in 2015 and now supported by the Municipality of Amsterdam.




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Architecture Public-Transport Mobility Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Netherlands