Roosevelt Island Tramway - this form of public transport in New York, and an entertaining ride. Citizens used to it as something mundane, tourist will also be delighted by the flight over Manhattan and the East River.

Narrow and long Roosevelt Island is located between Manhattan and Queens. Its high crosses the Queensboro Bridge, but the problem is that direct access from the bridge to the island is not. In the first half of the XX century, the inhabitants of the island traveled by tram to the middle of the bridge, there came out and transplanted to the elevator that takes them to their hearth and home. But in 1957, a tram line running along the bridge, has been eliminated. Of all the options for passenger service to the island have chosen the cable car - for as long as this does not come to the underground. But the townspeople are so accustomed to the cable car, that he is acting now, although the island has long been a subway station.

Established in 1976, the tramway goes near the Queensboro Bridge. She has only two stations: one in Manhattan, the other - on Roosevelt Island. In parallel ropes are moving up and down the two Italian-made trailer, each can accommodate up to 110 people.

The ride is somewhat like an airplane flight (but without the noise). Cab starts at ground level and begins to climb quite quickly. Not far from the shores of Manhattan cableway reaches the highest point - 76 meters above the East River. It is not enough to rise above the roofs of skyscrapers, but the eyes of passengers seems amazing view of Manhattan, Queens and the river separating them. This species is particularly good in the evening when hovering in the sky cabin surrounded by myriads of lights of a giant city.

Monorail tram slowly crawling at a speed of 28 kilometers per hour, but the way in one direction is just three minutes. Every trailer makes 115 flights per day. Since 1976, the cable car has transported over 26 million passengers.

New Yorkers do not want to give up this cable car, although at times there an accident. The most famous of these occurred in 2006, when due to a power outage 69 passengers stuck in trailers on the East River. They were evacuated by a special rescue basket, all are alive and healthy.