Fiber belt for elevator system

An elevator system, comprising:

• a hoistway;
• an elevator car disposed in the hoistway and movable therein;
• and
• a belt operably connected to the elevator car to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway, the belt including:
• one or more tension members arranged along a belt width and extending longitudinally along a length of the belt, each tension member including a plurality of fibers extending along the belt length;
• and
• a jacket material at least partially encapsulating the plurality of tension members;
• wherein the plurality of fibers are synthetic fibers and the tension members are formed absent an impregnated resin matrix material;
• wherein the fibers are formed into a plurality of fiber tows, which are formed into the one or more tension members;
• and wherein a first fiber tow of the tension member is formed from a first material and a second fiber tow of the tension member is formed from a second material different from the first material.