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Originally Posted by samsonawane08

Very interesting but the manufacturers of such an elevator system need to make sure that the system is designed in such a way that any kind of collision between the cabins is avoided. There is higher chances of collision happening in such a system.My idea is that a high speed ,single big elevator cabin pulled up and down along a vertical shaft using magnetic control is equally effective and cheaper compared to the mentioned system.

That's what the CBTC-like system would be for.

Originally Posted by drumz0rz

Vertical travel could be compressed by using a moving blocking system similar to CBTC on subway and commuter rail lines. The biggest bottle neck would be passenger loading, which is why you could have a single vertical shaftway split into 2-8 different loading zones on the lobby floor.