A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Taking full advantage of the aerial views offered by the Red Line (Linea Roja), advertisers have approached nearby homeowners and put up billboards on their roofs. While this is definitely a very...
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 the Week”,...
Post by Mauricio Miranda. The Caracas Metrocable is expanding again, and the result promises to be spectacular. The planned 10-km line, which will connect Caracas with the northern state of Vargas, offers riders the possibility of travelling to three different landscapes—the beach, mountains, and the city—during the approximately 45-minute trip. The main objective of this...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Oued Koriche and Bouzaréah, two suburbs is the Algerian capital of Algiers, is expected to see the inauguration of its much delayed cable car — Le téléphérique Oued Koreiche-Bouzaréah. The 3km long system...
Photographer: Photo by Flickr user Clément Belleudy. 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...
Even though we’re now seeing more and more Cable Propelled Transit (CPT) systems being implemented around the world, mainstream North American media has, arguably, paid little attention to urban gondola lifts. This past weekend, however, New York Times flew their correspondents down to La Paz and documented the city’s Red Line, — or what they cleverly termed, “Bolivia’s...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Reports coming from Lagos, Nigeria seem to indicate that work on the city’s proposed $500 million, 12km urban cable car project may soon begin in November. If this is accurate, then this...
Post by Mauricio Miranda. For years, we have witnessed the rise of cable car technology as a game changer in the realm of urban transportation. And in some cities, certain transit agencies are now aiming to create a more personal connection between the gondola networks they’ve built and the people they serve. In Medellin and...
This is a guest post by Tomek Magiera. If you ask people living in Silesia (a region in the south of Poland) about any chairlift that comes to their mind, most of them will probably say “Elka”. This ropeway is apparently one of the first “lowland” chairlifts built in Europe. “Elka” is located in Silesia Park in...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit: In just a few weeks time (August 24 to be exact), residents of Hamburg, Germany will visit the polls to vote for or against an urban cable car. If the referendum...