- The Colombian city of Medellín sprawls up the side of the Andes mountains, and it came up with an inventive public transport solution to help its citizens get around: cable cars.
- The cable cars are credited with helping to transform the city from one of the world's most dangerous into a thriving, innovative destination.
- They are connected to the city's metro and offer stunning views of the city. On a recent visit to the city Business Insider took a ride to see what they are like.
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Medellín, Colombia, was once considered the world's most dangerous city, and was best known as a hotbed of violence during the country's civil war, as well as the base of drug lord Pablo Escobar.
The city is now considered one of the world's most innovative, with its transport systems playing an unusual role in not only symbolizing the changes in Medellín, but actually helping to bring it about by connecting people in hard-to-reach areas to new opportunities.
One of these systems is the city's network of cable cars that, like ski lifts, bring you over the rooftops of the neighborhoods that sprawl up the mountains that make up much of the city.
Here's what the cable cars are like to ride: