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- Leitner Ropeways and Doppelmayr are part of two different teams vying to design and build Mexico City’s new cable car system. The long-term vision for the Cablebúscable car system includes four lines to transport 117 million people a year. The current proposals are for the first line, which will cost about $150m and take about a year-and-a-half to build. The Gondola Project wrote about this system in February of this year- check out that post here.
- The controversial Mount Kilimanjaro Cable Car in Tanzania continues to be in the news. Get insights from Gondolas Project’s Steven Dale about putting a ropeway transportation system on Africa’s tallest mountain here.
- As currently designed, Jewish Priests would not be able to use the tram in Jerusalem that’s proposed to go to the Western Wall. The problem? As planned, the route requires walking over an area that was an ancient cemetery, something forbidden for the Priests.
- The development group Mount Wellington Cableway Company continues to push forward with their expanded plans for activities at the summit of Mount Wellington. The mountain is on the island state of Tasmania in Australia.
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