A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit:
- Jarrett Walker of Human Transit indulges in a little bit of “technology fetishism” by profiling the Wellington Cable Car.
- Provincial Member of Parliament Kennedy Stewart indicates that he will launch his own public consultation process in regards to the controversial Burnaby Mountain Gondola.
- The Chair of Tourism Squamish issues a public endorsement of the Squamish Sea to Sky Gondola.
- Lesson for any potential urban gondola operators: Human error in “lift closing procedure” is blamed for a woman being stranded in a gondola for 6 hours.
- Armenia’s Tatev Cable Car is touted as the main driver behind increased tourism.
- Briton Nigel Carter is petitioning Brighton and Hove City Council to assess plans for a city-wide cable car. Information is scant, but phrases like “city-wide” don’t exactly inspire confidence in the scheme. If you’re British and think this is worth looking at, sign the e-petition here.
- At a People Movers seminar in Britain, individuals associated with the London Thames Cable Car describe the benefits of cable cars and gondolas. Given the cost-overruns of the London Thames Cable Car, one can only hope they didn’t list cost-efficiency as one of said benefits.
- Speaking of the London Thames Cable Car: It now has a sponsor – Emirates Airline. According to London Reconnections, Emirates will purchase the naming rights of the system for a whopping £36m. The system will be called The Emirates Air Line. Take a look:
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Nice video of London.
It shows also very big stations and lot of landscaping/parking and other works around the two stations . This maybe could explain the cost increase
I think it is sad they have to sell naming rights to the London Gondola. I arrived at Dublin, Ireland’s airport and thought I’d landed in a country called Vodafone. With advertising less is more. More is just spam.
And I’ve already said I’ll never fly Emirates again for how they treated me at the Dubai airport. So now by my own stupid rules I won’t be able to ride the new gondola. Gimme Singapore Airlines and Changi any day. At least I can go to Sentosa.
so much for creating pedestrian friendly environments nearby transit…just seems like massive parking lots adjacent to the london cable car stations – i mean emirates air line.
Sydney would like their own Emirates Airline and speculate this could be replicated globally: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/10/10/urgent-memo-nsw-get-emirates-to-build-a-sydney-metro/