08
Jan

2011

Weekly Roundup

Post by Steven Dale

On Monday, I posted a Weekly Roundup to gather up all the cable-related stories that cropped up over the holidays. That clearly threw off the schedule. So in an effort to re-establish Saturday as designated Weekly Roundup day, we’re putting up another today.

Slim pickings, I know, but here goes:

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

  • Steve Kinsey, Chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Programs and Allocations Committee calls the still-controversial Oakland Airport Connector a “backward technology.”
  • Italy is going to the Germans: Rick Steves writes about the many new developments in Italy that are helping to shed that country’s image of beauty coupled with anarchy. Efficiency is the new Inefficiency. Of the many described, included is Venice’s new cable-propelled APM system.
  • No corruption (apparently): The China Post reports that “prosecutors concluded an investigation into corruption allegations concerning Taipei’s Maokong cable car project without filing any charges.” This is China, however, so take that with a grain of salt.


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Comments

  1. Interesting to see the Riga blogger make the connection between crossing natural obstacles and crossing the artificial "obstacles" that characterize densely-built cities.

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