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Nov 26, 2015
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Fansipan Cable Car

@florianjandl it’s done #sapa #fansipan #vietnam #structure #cablecar A photo posted by Hoang Viet Nguyen (@darkflames232) on Nov 16, 2015 at 10:14pm PST

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Nov 25, 2015
Ask Tino, Infrastructure, Innovations, Questions, Statistics and Specifications

Maximum Travel Speed for a Cable Car

We recently received a great question from reader Roberto: I was wondering what is the maximum speed now registered in the world for a cable car. So far I know, reversible cable cars (43 kph, Portland, USA) go faster than the well known loop cable cars (27 kph, Val d’Isère, France), which is not clear to...

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Nov 24, 2015
Installations, Songhua River Cableway (松花江索道), Telêmaco Borba Aerial Tram

MAP UPDATE: Two New Urban Cable Cars Added

Perhaps this site should be our Gondola Projects, in the plural. One of our ongoing missions is to  track and compile the world’s urban gondola (map here). We’ve recently had a little help from cable car connoisseur A Maine Ski Lift Enthusiast. He pointed out two utterly awe-inspiring if somewhat obscure and even bizarre urban...

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Nov 20, 2015
Doppelmayr

Urban Ropeway Highlights From the Latest WIR Magazine

Recently, Doppelmayr released the 197th issue of its WIR magazine, a review of the company’s worldwide scope of business. A good deal of the content examines the phenomenon of Doppelmayr’s products as urban transport. If you don’t have the time to read the magazine just now, here are some highlights and summaries of the urban...

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Nov 19, 2015
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Telecabine Lisboa

#lisbon #portugal #telecabine #memoriesofsummer A photo posted by Magnar Helleren (@helmag999) on Sep 18, 2015 at 1:22am PDT

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Nov 18, 2015
Installations, Teleférico de Puebla

First Look: Teleférico de Puebla

—— A new video of the Teleférico de Puebla undergoing its testing phase has surfaced online. According to local newspapers, the ropeway will finally open for passenger use in mid-December after a lengthy delay. If I’m reading Google Translate accurately, it appears that the project faced a number of substantial setbacks when it was first announced back...

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Nov 17, 2015
Research Issues, Thoughts

Bumblebees Can’t Fly

There exists an almost century-old anecdote about a German aerodynamicist and a bumblebee. Over dinner, the aerodynamicist remarked to a biologist that – according to his calculations and the accepted theory of the day – a bumblebee was incapable of flight. This, of course, wasn’t true. Bumblebees could fly (still do, I believe) and it didn’t...

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Nov 16, 2015
Research Issues, Safety

Are Gondolas and Cable Cars Safe?

Perhaps the most common question we’re asked about Urban Gondolas and Cable Propelled Transit is the safety question. Namely, are they safe? And while anecdotally we’ve always known them to be a remarkably safe technology, gathering clear statistical proof has been very difficult. Most countries don’t have readily available access to numbers on this and...

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Nov 13, 2015
Uncategorized, Updates, Weekly Roundup

Recent Ropeway Roundup

  Bogota Metro and Metrocable Up in the Air “Seeking clarity on the new administration’s plans,” Colombia’s National Development Fund has paused the tendering process until February, 2016, effectively pausing infrastructure plans. More. “Boom!” Editorial Questions Cable Car Construction in Korea Right now, there are over 30 gondola projects being planned or promoted in Korea....

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Nov 12, 2015
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Roosevelt Island Tram

Nov.2015 #ビル #建築 #都市 #ロープウエイ #ニューヨーク #building #architecture #urban #urbandecay #ropeway #manhattan #newyork #newyork_instagram #what_i_saw_in_nyc #instagram #instadaily #icapture_nyc #icapture_mobile #mobile #mobilephotography #nyc #nycprimeshot A photo posted by haradany (@haradany) on Nov 8, 2015 at 7:22pm PST

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