A while back we discussed the challenges associated with finding information and images of specific gondola systems around the world. In that post, we made particular note of a ski resort installation in Livigno, Italy. That system had an underground station which (obviously) has dramatic implications for urban environments. As luck would have it, people...
It’s taken a few years, but CUP Projects is now on Twitter. Tweets will be brought to you by the CUP Pigeon — s/he who has yet to be named. Name or not, Pigeon is all geared up to begin tweeting (cooing?) all things creative, urban, project, and of course, cable related. Follow us @CUPProjects...
One of the things we often talk about around these parts is the public outreach and marketing aspect of public transportation and how it so often falls short of being effective. A few personal favourites: What lessons might we learn from the Beta/VHS format wars of the 1980’s? Is public transit more like dinner party...
Regular readers of The Gondola Project will recall that Chicago recently announced plans to (potentially) install a gondola along their waterfront pier. Then, not content with merely a point-to-point tourist-oriented system, The Gondola Project’s very own Chicago native, Julia Padvoiskis struck out and designed her own concept of a waterfront gondola that would actually function...
The other week we talked about the difference between those features that are intrinsic to a transit technology and those things that are extrinsic. Intrinsic features are those things that make a technology what it is; they define it. Extrinsic features, meanwhile, are those items and factors that affect the cost or operation of the...
Note: Due to the Easter Break, the Roundup was moved from last Friday to today. We will continue with Roundups on Fridays from here on. A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: Various news outlets (here, here and here for example)...
A long time ago we showed you renderings (like the one above) of the upcoming double-decker Stanserhorn Cabrio. While not an urban system per se, the system’s innovative configuration and design promises it to be one of the most interesting systems we’ve seen open in a long while – and opening shouldn’t be too far off...
Over at The City Builder Book Club (which Creative Urban Projects is a co-founder and sponsor of) we’re discussing chapter 18 of Jane Jacobs’ essential The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Chapter 18, for those unaware, is all about ‘The Erosion of Cities or The Attrition of the Automobile’ and is excellent reading for...
Dear Company That Invited Me To Use Their Image “However I Like,” The way I’d like to use the image you so kindly offered me is to discuss how not to do viral marketing and irritate the potential customers you’re so desperately trying to solicit. Please allow me to give some background: A couple of...
A long time ago we asked the question When is a Minute, Not A Minute? In that post we went into how one’s perception of travel time is relative to how they’re actually travelling. As we note in that post, the Transportation Research Board states that a minute of time waiting for a transit vehicle is...