We Need to Talk About Vienna's Obsession with Cable Cars

The Austrian capital has zero functioning cable cars, but they don’t let this hold them back.

Fun Fact: For 150 years, Vienna has been planning to add cable cars to its public transport system.

Year after year, Vienna is voted the most liveable city in the world.

Of course, no one is quite sure what ‘liveability’ means. The surveys talk about controlled rents, museums, a vast amount of green space per head, and low crime statistics. If you asked a…