Toulouse opened France’s longest cable car and first 3S public transit system in the world, Téléo. The system is three kilometers long and in 10 minutes connects the east and west sides of the city via three stations: the University Cancer Institute, Rangueil Hospital, and Paul Sabatier University. The system is designed by POMA and...
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s iconic aerial tramway, Big Red, is reopening summer operations on May 21. For the last two years, the tramway has been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tramway brings riders 4,139 vertical feet to the summit of Rendezvous Mountain in just 12 minutes. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in California...
Ireland’s national independent planning body, An Bord Pleanála, acknowledged the environmental concerns brought forward by the Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE). In November of 2021, An Bord Pleanála approved the decommissioning of the existing Dursey Island cableway and the construction of a new two-way cableway. The new cableway has two cabins with the capacity to carry 15 people each. Toward the end...
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has extended the Hatta project’s bid deadline to July 18. The contract package includes luxury hotels and a 5.4-kilometer gondola with three stations reaching the Umm Al-Nesoor peak at 1,300 meters. The project location is in close proximity to the hydroelectric storage plant developed by DEWA. See a...
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...
The Juneau, Alaska assembly directed the city manager to start negotiations on financing bringing an Austrian gondola to their city. Exactly when and how much shipping the gondola from Austria to Alaska is still unknown, but more information is expected in the next few weeks. The city of Juneau and Goldbelt have negotiated financing the...
Jordan’s first cable car is 75% complete. The Ajloun cable car is expected to begin operating by the end of June or beginning of July. The system is a 2.55 km long aerial tram with the capacity of 60 passengers per cabin. The project is being led by the Ministry of Tourism which also improved...
The Cypress Mountain Resort in Canada is building a new chair lift to its peak. The SkyQuad lift will replace the existing Sky Chair, a double chair from 1968. The new Doppelmayr system not only has more capacity, but also includes a loading carpet at the lower terminal. Construction will begin April 2022 and will be completed...
Access to the Vang (Golden) Bridge in Vietnam is easier than ever with a new cable car system. The Sun World Ba Na Hills, an exotic theme park with lots of recreational amenities, unveiled these new high mountain facilities since reopening after the pandemic. There are plans to debut additional facilities, such as a mountain-climbing railway,...
Cable car technicians are prepping Cableway C at the Xiaohaituo Mountain for the Beijing Winter Paralympics. Cableway C has the highest altitude (2198 meters) and the largest drop in the Yanquing competition area. There have been fifteen technicians working on the system since November to ensure safe operation of the cable car. The Flat Top...