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		leeoniya on Aug 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ThyssenKrupp Multi – world’s first rope-free eleva... > That means that all cars must traverse the entire distance with a lot of cars in uni-directional shafts, is this really an issue? > all cars must wait each time a car reaches a floor maybe solved by a 2-lane shaft with a passing lane. very doable with rails or towing cars.

icebraining on Aug 5, 2017 [–]

How can you have multiple cars in a single shaft, using the rope system? To what would the second car from the ceiling be hanging on?

leeoniya on Aug 5, 2017 | [–]

> very doable with rails or towing cars.

icebraining on Aug 5, 2017 | | [–]

Ah, right. But then, isn't that what they've done here?

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