How does the cost of this compare to elevated rail? Here in Miami we have a very very limited 2 line elevated rail [0] that the estimates to expand it run in the tens of billions of $. The idea of building retail into the parking garage structure/stations is intriguing as it could get private developers to underwrite the costs.
My other question would be (since I'm thinking Miami here), how would these cable systems fare against hurricanes? I assume the cars would just be docked in a safe building (parking garage structure).