Ever wanted to hop onboard the Bursa Teleferik, aka the world’s longest monocable gondola, but a plane ride to Turkey seemed a little far (and not to mention a bit pricey)? Thanks to Youtube user Marios Kordellas, you can now take a virtual trip and enjoy a relaxing ride from the city of Bursa to Uludağ mountain. In...
— A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: La Paz (Bolivia) The delivery of a funicular connecting 17 de Obrajes station on the Linea Verde (Green Line) marks the completion of La Paz’s Phase 1 cable car plans. And...
Photographer: Photo by Flickr user Ninja Media. About: The Teleférico da Providência is a 3 station, 721m urban cable car located in one of Brazil’s first favelas, Morro da Providência, in Rio de Janeiro. It was built as part of a community revitalization program and opened for service in July 2014. Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will...
A few years back it seemed every city and its brother wanted to build a giant ferris wheel. Inspired by successful projects like the London Eye, cities across the world have been lining up to build these now-ubiquitous amusement rides to such an extent, The Atlantic’s Citylab posited the question: What happens when every city...
Scheduled to open in Summer 2016, the Brest Cable Car (Téléphérique de Brest) will be France’s first urban cable car. Originally designed as a Funitel, the system will use an Aerial Tram configuration and will employ some very special design techniques to minimize station size and cost. Can anyone spot what this is? 😉 —