A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: The cable car in Ankara, Turkey is scheduled to begin operations in March this year. The cable lift will connect passengers to Yenimahalle Metro station and is expected to reduce commuter...
As we know, public transit agencies rarely implement cable transit solutions within their networks (hence this website), and when they do, they tend to implement them not as fully-integrated components of their network but rather as isolated, independent components (here or here for example). They’re treated kind of like that awkward, sticky-fingered step-cousin you only...
Note: We’re changing thing up a little this week and interrupt today’s scheduled post with a fantastic photo sent in by Jamie Clarkson. Please expect a cable car/transportation-related post on Thursday. Photo by Jamie Clarkson. About: Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines for our newest feature: Cable Car...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: A group of students from the University of Fachhochschule Kiel has proposed an urban cable car in the German city of Kiel. Depending on the alignment, the system will travel 1.8-3.0km across...
Photo by Flickr user zoetnet. About: Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines for our newest feature: Cable Car Photo of the Week. We hope this will continue to bring more attention to the technology and provide visually impactful examples of cable car systems worldwide. If you’d like to...
Cable car technology never ceases to amaze me. This may sound a little exaggerated, but almost every time I visit a CPT system, I discover and learn about something incredible. Case in point — the Baiyun Cable Car (白云索道) — a 1.6km MDG system located in the bustling southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, China. This recreational...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: An urban cable car proposal has surfaced in Bochum, Germany. The current plan is to connect Ruhrpark to the downtown on a 10-15 minute journey through the city. More details have...
Photo by Flickr user Jay s Park. About: Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines for our newest feature: Cable Car Photo of the Week. We hope this will continue to bring more attention to the technology and provide visually impactful examples of cable car systems worldwide. If you’d like...
Dear Torontonians: You might have seen today in the Toronto Star a story about our work. The story featured an interview with myself, Steven Dale, the Founder of The Gondola Project. Typically, such press causes The Gondola Project to experience a rather large surge in traffic from whatever given geographic region is discussing the idea. As...
Any transit geek (whether armchair or professional) worth his salt knows Jarrett Walker and his Human Transit blog. Despite the fact that we don’t always see eye-to-eye on certain issues, I’m a big fan of his work. Jarrett has a wonderful way of distilling the complexity of transit into simple to understand and rational arguments...