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2019

Weekly Roundup: Cable Cars in the Balkans

Jahorina Mountain, a popular ski destination in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the planned location for a cable car system to transport people between it and Sarajevo’s airport.
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A gondola system is being planned to connect the Sarajevo International Airport to Johorina Mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It would be the longest gondola in the Balkans and enhance transportation options for both locals and tourists.

In Malaysia, the Penang Hill resort is looking to expand its aerial transportation system, believing a new cable car system will enhance tourism. The Penang Hill Funicular Service is reported to already have served 1.74 million riders in 2018.

A cable car system has been suggested for the City of Durban in South Africa, for connecting three key parts of the city. In this article, an urban regeneration specialist makes the recommendation, touting the benefits of gondolas. He also references the impressive Mi Teleférico system in Bolivia, with its 17 mile network and further planned expansion.

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Oct

2019

Weekly Roundup: Reviews Abound

The Hudson River, separating Albany and Rensselaer, New York, is the proposed site of a cable transit system now entering the environmental review process.
Photo Credit: **CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia**

A gondola that would span the Hudson River in New York state has taken the first step in an environmental review process. The Capital District Gondola, estimated to cost $25 million with 80% of that coming from private investment, would connect the cities of Albany and Rensselaer.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed for a cable car project in Sri Lanka. Valued at around $50 million, it would be the country’s first aerial tramway. Located in the already popular Nuwara Eliya, it is intended to further increase tourism in the area.

After being closed for more than a week after stalling, the Disney Skyliner gondola is back in operation. It’s reported by officials that following a review with the manufacturer, training and operations adjustments were made, as well as improvements to how Disney workers communicate with gondola riders.

Calling Italian company Leitner a ‘credible partner,’ the prime minister of Montenegro announced support of Leitner’s intention to build a cable car system from Kotor to Njeguši. Prime Minister Duško Marković cited two recently completed Montenegro cable car projects as examples of the country’s successful public-private partnership with Leitner.

Colorado remains one of the safest places for aerial trams, despite some high-profile incidents in recent years. Colorado’s tramway safety board is considered one of the top two safety boards in the country.

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11
Oct

2019

Weekly Roundup: Table Mountain Cableway Celebrates 90 Years

The Table Mountain Cableway in Cape Town, South Africa taken the year the first system began operation in 1929. This year marks 90 years of cable car operation!

South Africa’s Table Mountain Cableway celebrated 90 years last week. In the article “LOOK: Table Mountain’s Cableway glorius 90-year ride,” the author recounts the vision and efforts needed to make the cable cars opening in 1929 a reality. Located in Cape Town, the cable car sees about 29 million visitors a year.

In Manila, the Baguio City government is studying proposals for a cable car system and monorail. The cable car system would connect Baguio with the town of Pugo, La Union, in an effort to ease traffic congestion. Recently, Gondola Project staff were in Manila, speaking at the Asian Development Bank Urban Transit Forum, to discuss transit solutions offered by urban aerial cable systems.

In September, we reported firefighters were practicing rescues for the then, soon-to-open, Disney World gondola. Crews put those emergency skills to work last Saturday night as one line of the Skyliner aerial cable car experienced unexpected downtime and passengers had to be rescued from the air. The Skyliner is closed while Disney looks into the incident; it is not yet known when it will reopen.

A group in Africa is studying a cable car project that would span the Bourgereg River, connecting the two cities of Rabat and Sale in Morocco. Data is currently being collected to launch a preliminary feasibility study. The group, Africa 50, is an infrastructure investment platform made up of approximately 28 governments and multiple banks.

The thawing of the permafrost has forced the closure of the Fiescheralp-Eggishorn aerial tramway in southern Switzerland. Terrain changes were discovered last week, so operations were halted immediately as a preventative measure. The plan is to reopen in December for the winter season.

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Oct

2019

Weekly Roundup: Urban Ropeways Feasibility Discussed in Manila

Ngong Ping cable car — The Urban Gondola in Hong Kong is an example the Philippines looks towards as they explore the possibility their own urban aerial transit system in Manila.
Photo credit: Alexander Savin, flickr

As we highlighted earlier this week, in this CNN video Gondola Project’s Steven Dale speaks about the Philippines developing their first-ever cable car system for Metro Manila. And in this related article, Cable cars may be feasible for parts of Metro Manila, an official of the Asian Development Bank comments on the feasibility of cable cars for Manila’s public transport.

The Cork County Council has released plans for a new €7m cable car and visitors center. The council has partnered with Fáilte Ireland to develop a major upgrade of Ireland’s only cable car. The cable car connects the mainland to Dursey Island, which has just two-year round residents. However, if the project is implemented, the island is expected to see up to 80,000 visitors annually.

Dopplemayr/Garaventa was awarded a contract to build nine kilometers of urban ropeways in Mexico City by 2021. The new urban route will carry people who live in the city’s northern district to one of their major transport hubs, Indios Verde.

Right on scheduled, on September 29, Disney World launched its new Disney Skyliner cable car system. It has nearly 300 Disney-themed cabins which hold up to 10 people each. The gondolas are part of the Disney World transit system which provides 100 million rides a year and includes buses, vans, parking lot trams, watercraft and monorails, and goes to theme parks, hotels, and other related locations.

Using Disney’s recent Gondola launch as a conversation starter, this article asks if Staten Island gondolas will ever come to fruition. The author notes aerial transportation is becoming increasingly popular worldwide and then highlights the potential routes, benefits and costs for the Staten Island area.

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03
Oct

2019

Steven Dale on The Rice Report

Gondola Project’s Steven Dale, Principal and Urban Planner, has been busy! He was recently a guest on The Rice Report to talk the benefits aerial transit could bring to a community. Watch the full episode below.

Aerial Transit: Masses fly through the air to get to work
Posted by The Rice Report on Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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Oct

2019

Gondola Project on CNN

Gondola Project’s own Steven Dale, Urban Planner, and Jim Fletcher, Cable Car Design Engineer, are in the Philippines this week to talk about the possibility of implementing cable car systems there.

Authorities eyeing first cable car system in Metro Manila
FIRST ON CNN PHILIPPINES: Urban planners are looking at a mass cable car system as a solution to traffic congestion in Metro Manila — dubbed as the 'most congested' city in developing Asia bit.ly/2nZlym3
Posted by CNN Philippines on Monday, September 30, 2019

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October, 2019

Weekly Roundup: Cable Cars in the Balkans

Weekly Roundup: Reviews Abound

Weekly Roundup: Table Mountain Cableway Celebrates 90 Years

Weekly Roundup: Urban Ropeways Feasibility Discussed in Manila

Steven Dale on The Rice Report

Gondola Project on CNN

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