18
Dec

2010

Weekly Roundup

Post by Steven Dale

A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas and Cable Propelled Transit:

  • According to a report from Rio Times Online, it appears that Rio is planning to build a second Urban Gondola system. This system would serve the Rocinha favela and should connect with a future metro line. This is a major development and one we’ll investigate further.
  • Metropulse gives provides a history about one of the “Seven Ancient Wonders of Knoxville,” the unknown and lost-to-history Knoxville, Tennessee Cable Car.
  • And lastly: Speed Flying is a sport that combines high-altitude skiing, paragliding, base-jumping and sky-diving (because, really, why not?). Last week, speed flyer Antoine Montant took to Chamonix, France and decided to ride an old gondola system in an entirely unheard of – and probably lethal – manner. Enjoy:



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Comments

  1. The overall urban plan presented by the CMU team has gotten a lot of positive attention, including from City officials. Unfortunately, the cable component seems to have been received more as a novelty than as a serious attempt to address transit needs in Pittsburgh, and that is basically how it was presented. Nonetheless, I'm hoping raising the topic may at least help move the conversation forward a bit--the big opportunity right now is that Pittsburgh is in the process of developing a long-range city plan, including a transportation plan. A serious, well-informed discussion of CPT in that context could lead to an actual investment in the future.

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