For those who love driving, the future looks more and more bleak. Yesterday, Google gave its followers an update on its self-driving vehicles. According to its official blog, their autonomous vehicles have logged over 700,000 miles (1,100,000 kilometres) so far. The video posted below shows some of the incredible advances that have been made which...
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 Metrocable in Medellin has inspired the Minister for Transport, Environment and Agriculture in Geneva (Switzerland) to start drafting a cable car system for his own city. However, this is apparently not...
Photographer: Photo by Flickr user Tony Hisgett. About: Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines. 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 submit or nominate a picture for our “Photo of...
This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. The Grünwaldkopfbahn is a CPT system in the Austrian ski resort of Obertauern. Until recently it was a fairly unremarkable chairlift which did not stand out among the thousands of other chairlifts which serve the countless Alpine ski resorts. However, in recent years the Grünwaldkopfbahn has been refurbished and...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit: Look out London, the host of the 2020 Olympics is now beginning a feasibility study which may see a cable car in Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district. The urban gondola is proposed...
Photographer: Photo by Flickr user Emmanuel Crova. About: Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines. 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 submit or nominate a picture for our “Photo...
Last week, as announced by a number of international new sources both inside and outside of Bolivia, the first of three urban cable car lines in La Paz – El Alto was finally opened to the general public. Despite being barely a week old, a host of events and celebrations has already taken place. Here’s...
— A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit: Great excitement coming out of La Paz, Bolivia as Line Red (Linea Roja), began initial operations this week. The 2.4km system is the first of three lines to open. The...
Photographer: Photo by Photobucket user ZPLAQ. About: Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines. 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 submit or nominate a picture for our “Photo of...
While we typically analyze and discuss gondolas from an urban planning perspective, the actual cable car construction and installation process are fascinating exercises in and of itself. Last week, we brought you news of an uniquely themed Fairy Tale gondola in Grachen, Switzerland. And as a follow up to this story, reader Barry sent us...