Program 2026

CITY CABLE CAR SOLUTIONS 3CS - April 22, 2026 at MOUNTAIN PLANET in Grenoble.

Cable car-based urban mobility solutions are the focus of CITY CABLE CAR SOLUTIONS 3CS on 22 April 2026. Current projects, best practice examples, innovative ideas and experiences from local authorities, transport planners and operators, as well as technical solutions from global market leaders, will be presented. As early as 2025, the growing importance of sustainable transport concepts in cities was demonstrated through exciting presentations, practical applications and impressive technical approaches. The event offers a platform for exchange, inspiration and networking around the future of urban mobility.

Keynotes & Talks
Networking
Technical solutions
Best Practice Examples
Innovative Ideas
Global market leaders in cable car technology represented

Stephan Tischler

Transportation scientist
University of Innsbruck

Benjamin Croze

Head of the PS2 Department
Île-de-France Mobilité

Timetable*

14.00 p.m. - Start with Keynote Stephan Tischler

14.30 p.m. - Lecture Benjamin Croze (Paris)

15.00 p.m. - Lecture Francis Grass (Toulouse)

15.30 p.m. - Q&A Session with all speakers

16.10 p.m. - Guided Tour for all participants

Stephan Tischler

Transportation scientist, University of Innsbruck, Chair of CIPRA Austria

After completing his studies in spatial planning and regional development at the Vienna University of Technology, Stephan Tischler worked for around 10 years in the private sector (ILF) on national and international transport infrastructure projects. Since 2012, he has been researching, planning, and teaching as a transport scientist and spatial planner at the University of Innsbruck in the Intelligent Transport Systems department, where he obtained his doctorate in 2015.

His research focuses on the interface between mobility, transport, and land use in Alpine regions. In addition to numerous research projects, lectures, publications, and teaching, Stephan Tischler has also been chairman of the international Alpine commission CIPRA in Austria since 2020.

Francis Grass

Former student of the École Polytechnique and ENSTA, Francis Grass held his first management position in railway operations at SNCF, then in organisation and human resources at the Danone group. In 1988, he moved to Toulouse to join the public transport network operator SEMVAT (now Tisséo voyageurs), where he was appointed CEO and oversaw the launch of the automatic metro line A in 1993. After contributing to studies for Line B, he joined the Veolia Transport group (now Transdev) in 2002, where he served as Director for the Region Ile-de-France and then Managing Director for France until 2015.

In 2014, he was elected Deputy Mayor of Toulouse in charge of Culture, as well as a member of Tisséo, taking over as Chairman of Tisséo Ingéniérie. There, he oversaw the construction of the Téléo urban cable car and the Toulouse metro line C project (currently under construction). Having decided, after two terms of office, not to stand for re-election in March 2026, he is continuing his consulting activities in the fields of transport and culture.

Benjamin Croze

Head of the PS2 Department at Île-de-France Mobilité

Since 2022, Benjamin Croze has headed one of the two project management departments for surface transport projects within the Infrastructure Division of Île-de-France Mobilités. This department oversees tram and high-level-of-service bus projects and led the development of Câble 1, the first urban cable car in Île-de-France, which opened last December 13th, 2025 in Val-de-Marne, serving the municipalities of Créteil, Limeil-Brévannes, Valenton and Villeneuve-Saint-Georges along a 4.5km route.

He previously worked in several government departments (notably the DGITM at the Ministry of Transport, the property department of the Ministry of Justice and the Regional Directorate for the Environment, Planning and Housing in Bretagne) as well as at the urban transport authority for the Caen conurbation.

Further detailed information on the CITY CABLE CAR SOLUTIONS 3CS programme at MOUNTAIN PLANET in Grenoble will follow shortly.

* Provisional schedule. Subject to change.