(Note: It’s been a while since I’ve posted on The Gondola Project. It’s been a busy summer with lots of changes to our company and our site. We’ll let you all know about the details in the coming months, but in the meantime, I’d like to extend a big thanks to Nick and Charlotte for...
This is a guest post by Billy Beasley. Urban gondolas are revolutionizing the field of urban transportation today. Cities across the globe are utilizing this technology to improve the transit system in their community. However, the Urban Gondola idea may be impractical or impossible for some cities to implement due to a number of reasons,...
Sometimes in the rush to get posts out on a consistent basis, mistakes get made. For example, last week when I stated that there was only one small school in Europe that offered an education in the art and science of ropeways. That statement was made based on numerous conversations I’d had with people in...
One question I’m repeatedly asked is some variation on this: Why is it so hard to learn about cable and meet people within the cable transit industry? How does one even start in the industry? Want a simple (albeit overly so) answer to the question? Consider this: There is no known university or college in...
Ever wonder how towers are removed when an old cable system is dissembled? Well Vail Resorts released a video documenting the entire process which showcases the precision helicopter work that was required. Check it out!
Professor Vukan R. Vuchic quite literally wrote the textbook(s) on public transportation planning. His exhaustive textbook trilogy Urban Transit are essentially the only academic textbook in existence on the complexities of public transportation. So what does Vuchic think about cable transit? Not much. Out of a total of 600 pages in Urban Transit: Systems and Technology...