Post by Gondola Project
- LaPaz’s gondola transit system hit a new passenger record in July, moving nearly 600,000 people in one day. The Bolivian system started in 2012 and today runs 17 hours a day with cars leaving stations every 12 seconds. The Gondola Project looked at the most recent line added earlier this year.
- Rapid urbanization globally is creating many problems. Doppelmayr recently pitched affordable, environmentally friendly Gondolas as part of the solution, providing creative transit alternatives and enhancing quality of life.
- Public support is growing in Germany for urban cable cars according to a recent report. Though 83% of those surveyed viewed them positively, respondents also shared concerns about safety and with the idea of cars passing over their homes.
- In Jerusalem’s Cable Car Controversy: Making Palestinians Invisible a Nazareth journalist explores the proposed gondola stated goals and contrasts those with the concerns of a diverse group of planners, archeologist, architects, and Palestinians. Last year this Western Wall project led the Gondola Project to do a little research on cable cars built in cities with historical heritage.
- According to CNN travel, the new cable car link between Russia and China will provide this new international connection in just under 8 minutes. Cabins will each hold up to 60 passengers, along with their luggage.
- Ever wonder what it would take to be a gondola worker? Well here’s a list of basic qualifications…at least for Disney World’s new Skyliner gondola system opening September 29. Previously, the Gondola project evaluated the public transit benefit of this new Disney system.
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