TransLink‘s 10 year plan includes the Burnaby Mountain Gondola. TransLink and the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transport have announced the first set of priorities for their Transport 2050 strategy. The plan includes doubling regional bus services, nine zero-emission buses on traffic-separated lanes, the Burnaby Mountain Gondola to Simon Fraiser University, and a rapid transit connection to the North Shore. See a related Weekly Roundup here. The parent company of the Gondola Project, SCJ Alliance, has been retained to provide gondola expertise for this project.
Ever wonder how ropeway systems with cold weather conditions clear the ropes of rime ice, the type of ice that forms when supercooled water liquid droplets freeze onto surfaces? Here is a video of how the wheels knock off the ice when the ropes pass by. Sometimes operators must climb towers to ensure the wheels are not frozen and rotating before opening to the public. The video doesn’t specify the system, but it is believed to be the Sandia Peak Tramway in New Mexico.