The Little Cottonwood Canyon traffic mitigation plan selected the gondola as the preferred alternative and is exploring adding a toll to both Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and other state transportation agencies are currently studying alternative toll methods to mitigate the existing traffic congestion and future traffic volumes. As...
The new look of the Petřín cable car in Prague has been revealed. A contest was held to design the body and interior of two similar cable car cabins, with each cabin having a capacity to hold up to 120 passengers. There were 26 entries with the winner was a local designer. The new cabin design has an open...
The construction of the world’s first cross-border cable car between Russia and China has stalled due to European Union sanctions on Russia. The Blagoveshchensk-Heihe cable car will connect the two countries with a 973-meter cable car. The construction has stopped because the cable car equipment is coming from the French company, Leitner, and cannot be shipped....
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) announced their preferred transit alternative is the gondola for Little Cottonwood Canyon. 3S gondolas, also known as tricable detachable gondola (TDG), are highly reliable because they can handle harsher weather conditions. A 3S has two track ropes with the sole purpose of stabilizing the cabins and one propulsion cable. It’s estimated...
Winter Park Resort ski area in Colorado revives gondola connection between the town and resort. The idea of connecting the two has been in the master plans since the 1985, however it has been brought back to light. The hope is to link the two from an empty lot next to town hall which would...