Elevator system

An elevator system comprising:

• a first elevator car;
• a second elevator car;
• a rotatable rope wheel mounted in a fixed location;
• and
• at least one rope suspending the first and second elevator cars on first and second sides of the rotatable rope wheel, respectively, the at least one rope passing over the rotatable rope wheel, and connecting on the first side of the rotatable rope wheel to the first elevator car and on the second side to the second elevator car, wherein
• each of the at least one rope includes at least one load bearing member oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the at least one rope, the load bearing member being made of a composite material including reinforcing fibers embedded in a polymer matrix, the reinforcing fibers being carbon fibers oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction of the at least one rope, and
• a topmost landing of the first elevator car and a lowermost landing of the second elevator car are successive landings of a building including the elevator system, the successive landings being successive floors of the building.