Purpose. The goal is to develop the foundations of an alternative mode of transport for the conditions of the city, which will allow directing passenger flows, unloading specific areas of the city and increasing safety. Such an alternative mode of transport is the passenger cableway, which occupies a leading place in the modern world in providing transport, technological and entertainment functions in urban infrastructures. Methodology. To achieve this goal, an analysis of passenger safety requirements was carried out taking into account the characteristics of the cableway. The use of computer modeling to solve the routing problem of an alternative mode of transport is proposed. Using it, you can perform computer modeling of the profile of the relief, determine the elevation and slope of the path. Findings. For the city of Dnpiro, the workload of the population’s movement routes during peak hours was analyzed, the place of study was selected and calculated data were obtained for it using analytical data. A map has been compiled for further information processing. It is proved that in a metropolis, the cable car is a worthy and quite serious competitor to other types of public transport. Since the transport system should be used as efficiently as possible, the use of a passenger cableway is advisable and requires the implementation of the previous set of theoretical and experimental studies involving specialists from various fields. Originality. Originality lies in solving the further task of regulating and optimizing the passenger flow of the city, adjusted by the presence of a new alternative transport system. Practical value. It was confirmed that the priority for the development of society should be traffic safety, reducing the negative impact of transport on humans and the environment. The data obtained show that the use of passenger cableway as an alternative mode of transport is relevant for solving a number of transport issues in the metropolis.