Reinforced jacket for belt

An elevator system, comprising:

• a hoistway;
• an elevator car disposed in the hoistway;
• and
• an elevator belt operably connected to the elevator car to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway, the elevator belt comprising:
• one or more tension members extending along a length of the belt;
• and
• a jacket at least partially enclosing the plurality of tension members, the jacket including an elastomeric material and a plurality of reinforcing elements disposed in the elastomeric material including a crack arresting mechanism of the elastomeric material;
• wherein the plurality of reinforcing elements are distributed substantially equally throughout the jacket;
• and
• wherein the plurality of reinforcing elements includes one or more traction and/or friction modifiers;
• wherein the reinforcing elements are formed from one or more of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), silicones, fluoroelastomers, spider silk, or cellulose;
• wherein the plurality of reinforcing elements are plate shaped.