Post by Steven Dale
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondola Transit and Cable Propelled Transit:
- Here’s something I’ve never seen before: Apparently Doppelmayr has announced that a new 3S lift for the Sochi 2014 winter games will be able to “quickly convert from passenger to car-carrying cabins as an alternative access route for vehicles up to an Olympic venue should the access road be blocked.” We need images, renderings and info on this, stat.
- A new urban gondola system to connect the downtown of Lima, Peru to San Cristobal Hill has been sent back to the municipality “to make some changes.” As we have virtually no information on this system to begin with, we have no idea what those changes may be.
Rendering of a gondola station in Lima Peru. Image via Living in Peru.
- A blogger suggests gondola transit for Seattle, Washington. The idea catches the attention of Seattle Transit Blog and sparks discussion on the topic.
- A London blogger rails against the London Thames Cable Car (Gondola) as being “not a significant transport solution” and a “conspicuous and media-friendly big engineering distraction.” He also mistakenly claims that the project has been “dropped.”
- Politicians in Himachal Pradesh province, India admit to exploring the addition of up to seven new aerial ropeways “in an attempt to reduce air pollution caused by vehicular traffic.”
- A mining company in South Africa looks to build one of the most ambitious bulk material ropeway systems in the world. It would include six separate loops of up to 15 km each.
- And for the select few of you who are fascinated by both cable transit solutions and bizarre North Korean propaganda films, check this out:
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