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A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit (lots of good stuff this week, by the way):

• The Haj Research Centre in Makkah, Saudi Arabia completes the first of two studies exploring the use of cable cars/gondolas to link holy sites throughout to transport Umrah pilgrims throughout the city. (Full Disclosure: CUP acted as a special advisor on this study but has no vested interests in the project. It was conducted by Dr. Amer Shalaby of the University of Toronto Cities Centre. You can learn more about this study here.)

• The Huffington Post reports on the opening of Rio’s Complexo do Alemao Teleférico.

• Kohima, India completes feasibility study for a Metro Cable (Gondola) system of their own.

• The battle over the Burnaby Mountain Gondola goes to City Hall.

• Upgrade plans for Wellington, New Zealand’s iconic cable car.

• Conceptual transit plans for a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nanjing, China to include aerial trams and cable cars.

• And finally: Chillhour gives us its completely scientific and well-argued “the worst cable cars in the world.”