• Cruise Ship Berthing Cable Car (Cayman Islands) The SkyBridge, a cable car linking cruise ship berths to the shore has been publicized in the Cayman Islands by James Whittaker, CEO and Founder of GreenTech Group. This is one of the most innovative ideas we’ve seen proposed as the cable cars enable the creation of a port without the...
La Paz – Téléphérique qui monte du centre ville (3200m) aux hauts quartiers (4000m‼️) #roadtripperoubolivie #bolivie #lapaz #telepherique #leplushautdumonde #lepluslongdumonde A photo posted by Baptiste Gabriel (@tistou84) on Aug 19, 2015 at 7:10am PDT
Here at the Gondola Project, we generally discuss cable transport issues but many of our long-time readers also know we’re really just transit nerds at heart. (And über-nerds will note we’ve used the word nerd two days in a row.) Sticking to one single solution isn’t our thing and we’re always looking for new and...
I recently came across a working paper titled Transit Riders’ Perception of Waiting Time and Stops Surrounding Environments. If you’re a transit nerd, you need to read it — it’s important work — but this is the gist. Reducing wait times is one of the best ways to increase transit usage. However, people’s perception of...
• Téléphérique de Notre Dame d’Afrique (Algiers, Algeria) Algiers has long been one of the capitals for urban cable cars with five systems currently operating in the city. Recently, news reports suggest that the 266m long cable car connecting Notre Dame d’Afrique to Bologhine will soon be back in service. While technicians have been working on...
Comment with a green emoji if you want to take the Cable Cars over Mount Tianmen, China by @bucketlistvacations ✨✨#china #cablecar #view A photo posted by The Travel Fever (@thetravelfever) on Aug 13, 2015 at 12:31am PDT
Last week the state government of Victoria, Australia signed a 50-year lease for a new tourist-oriented gondola on Arthurs Seat. It replaces a 1960 2-person chairlift that was shuttered in 2006 after a series of incidents. The process was long and arduous but necessary, following all the rules. With the lease in place, the Arthurs Seat...
• Sister Site of Machu Picchu (Peru) Kuélap, one of the most remote and inaccessible sister sites of Machu Picchu, will soon get a cable car. Construction of the system officially started this week. The cable car will take passengers from the city of Tingo Nuevo to Chachapoyas fortress and reduce travel times from two...
Durch die Nacht schweben und Köln genießen! Bei der „Kölner Nacht der Seilbahn” könnt Ihr heute bis 24 Uhr mit der Seilbahn fahren (letzte Hin- und Rückfahrt jeweils 15 Minuten vorher). Die Seilbahn ist übrigens eine 100%ige Tochterfirma der KVB. Foto: KVB-Archiv #Menschenbewegen #kvbkoeln #kvb #Seilbahn #ropeway #cablecar A photo posted by Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG...
“What does the name 3s mean?” is a question we are often asked by decision-makers, who are considering gondola technology for their cities. We would love to say something sibilant and succinct, like Safe, Speedy and Stabilized. But the truth is more mundane. The name 3S comes from the German drei Seile, three ropes, because...