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Ankara cable car network reduces traffic via aerial gondolas

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Sitting in endless traffic is infuriating, so this city added a massive transit line directly above the gridlock. People calmly float past the jammed intersections, looking down with extreme superiority at the cars below.

Ankara cable car network reduces traffic via aerial gondolas
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