We just stumbled upon an incredibly high quality and awesome video animation of a CPT line in Bucaramanga, Colombia. While we don’t know the intricate details of the line, based on a cursory look, it appears that it is a 3 station system first proposed back in 2007. If anyone knows more about the history...
A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: The towers are complete and the cable has been installed on the Emirates Cable Car in London. Next step is to begin rigorous testing on the system. The province of Lao Cai has just...
Cable cars / gondolas have been spotting mountain-side ski resorts for decades. City systems are a newer phenomenon, but have also been around for many years. Between these two environments alone, cable has reached 6 of the 7 world continents in large numbers. But what about the 7th continent? For a technology that works notoriously...
I can’t remember for the life of me what I was searching for when I stumbled upon this old Venezuelan gondola dance party blog post by a Californian photographer, Ron Lussier. It’s a long post but the part that got me wasn’t the dancing Latinos or the old ladies with the bottle of 103-proof brandy, but...
What are the most creative ways to distribute information in the modern world? Well, you can go online, buy a kindle, use the library … or even find one of those classic small town “book mobiles” (which apparently still exist) All of these are more or less widely available to most of us — you...
On Friday last week, we brought you the news story that featured how a simple cable span was being use to ferry children across a gorge in China’s Guizhou province. Today, we’ve come across another incredible and heart-warming amazing story in China, but this time involving a selfless doctor named Dr. Deng. Deng is a village...
A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: Children in China’s Guizhou province travel to school in makeshift cable car built by a father worried about his kids travelling to school. Previously, children in the village were required to trek 4-5 hours. However,...
As it seems to be picture week here on the Gondola Project, I feel that it is only appropriate to carry on this unofficial theme. Monday we saw new images of Livigno, Tuesday was Jackie Chan sporting a cable car sweater day, and Wednesday we got a glimpse of the progress of the Emirates AirLine (London cable...
We just created a new gallery on our Flickr Account – CUP Projects – which displays the ongoing construction progress of the Emirates Air Line (as of April 5-6, 2012). To access the gallery, click here or the picture above. A big thanks goes to Bob for informing us and allowing us to share these...
So my old friend Gareth sends along the photo to the left and a whole swarm of questions flash through my mind: a) Doesn’t my aunt have that exact same sweater? b) What was the last Jackie Chan movie I actually saw? c) Should men wear pants that tight in public? d) Will fashion high...