Post by Steven Dale
The above image was created by Andrew Burleson over at Neohouston.com. It’s a conceptual/theoretical CPT line he designed for a poorly-serviced area of Houston.
Conceptual transit lines are a cottage industry for the transit enthusiast and hobbyist. They’re wonderful and exciting and they’re everywhere. I think every major city has a few people who do this sort of thing, if not on paper, than in their heads. Such conceptual designs are fun and exciting. They get people to imagine what could be rather than what is.
Andrew’s conceptual cable line is, as far as I’m aware, one of the first such theoretical cable transit lines ever. That’s why it caught my attention.
So, in honor of Andrew’s work, I’d like to open this up a bit: Send us your conceptual cable transit lines for your city, county or region. Send us the crazy, the practical, the outlandish and the awesome. You can use Funiculars, Cable Cars, Gondolas or Aerial Trams. You can use a combination of any of the above. Make a map. Create a photoshop mash-up. Do whatever you want, just show us how you would use CPT in your community and send the by-product to gondola (at) creativeurbanprojects (dot) com.
Assuming people take me up on this offer, we’ll post a few of the best ones in the coming weeks.
(Medellin/Caracas will continue tomorrow.)
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