Emirates Air Line Greenwich terminal is close to completion. Image by Flickr user IanVisits.
A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit:
- Cable car studies to connect the Cave of Hira and the Cave of Al-Thawr near Mecca is complete. These cable lifts will make the trek to the mountain tops safer and easier (as in the past, some pilgrims fell to their death). Note this is different than Mecca Urban Gondola proposal.
- Proposals been made to construct a cable car system across the Kali Gandaki river in Nepal to spur business and tourist development.
- The Cheddar Gorge cable car proposal’s feasibility studies (i.e. environmental assessment, traffic survey etc.) is currently estimated to cost £500,000.
- Government regeneration plans in Newcastle, Northern Ireland calls for a gondola ride to Mourne Mountains.
- The Sea to Sky Gondola proposal in Squamish, British Columbia is getting closer and closer to realization. 2 of the 4 zoning amendments needed have been made. Construction is slated for Fall 2012
- An “aerial tramway” is part of redevelopment plans near the Grand Canyon as proposed by the Navajo government.