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• The first gondola for Atlantic Canada opened this week.  Located in Cape Breton, the Ski Cape Smokey gondola went through a load test earlier this month as one of the final steps before opening. The new Leitner-Poma gondola has 28 cars each with an 8-person capacity. The gondola can transport passengers to the top of the 32-metre hill in just three-and-a-half minutes and at maximum capacity move 2,400 people per hour.

• The Metro Taipei gondola is scheduled to undergo cable replacement this fall. During the work, the gondola will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, with the project’s completion estimated by the end of the year. The gondola, located in Taipei, Taiwan, has been in operation since 2007 and the cable replacement is part of required maintenance.

• There’s more news about growing interest in a gondola system between Rosslyn and Georgetown. This article covers not only most recent developments, but also links to a past study in 2016 that showed the proposed traffic easing cable-propelled transit system had no “fatal flaws” and was feasible.

• Focusing on moving people, and not vehicles, is the goal of green mobility initiatives likes the Skyview Gondola in India. It has reduced passenger travel time to 10-12 minutes, compared to a 30–45-minute roadway journey. The infrastructure, including the 8 towers, ropes, and 18 cabins, were all imported from France through technology partner POMA.