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Mar 15, 2010
Analysis, Gondola, Medellin MetroCable, Thoughts, Urban Planning & Design

Medellin/Caracas, Part 4

Medellin’s third and most recent Cable Propelled Transit line is Linea L – Cable Arvi. It is only a few weeks old and transports the people of Medellin up through the mountains and all the way to Parque Arvi (pronouned “Ar-bee”), a new nature preserve a few kilometres from the city. The park and transit...

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Mar 14, 2010
Gondola, Medellin MetroCable, Urban Planning & Design

Medellin/Caracas, Part 3

LINEA J Unlike Linea K of the Medellin Metrocable, Linea J is much more actively involved in Transit Oriented Development (TOD). Linea K served an existing and extremely dense neighborhood lacking in transit. Linea J serves the barrio of Vallejuelos and the La Aurora development that is in the process of building and expanding. This...

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Mar 12, 2010
Analysis, Gondola, History, Medellin MetroCable, Thoughts, Urban Planning & Design

Medellin/Caracas, Part 2

THE RETURN OF SANTO DOMINGO Santo Domingo is an isolated barrio in the Colombian city of Medellin. Today it is a place of peace, calm and social progress. Twenty years ago, it was a type of living hell that the developed world can only imagine. Crime was rampant, poverty high. Homes and businesses along Andalucia...

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Mar 09, 2010
Analysis, Medellin MetroCable, Thoughts, Urban Planning & Design

A Lesson From Medellin

Even in Medellin the Not Over My Backyard rule applies. Andrés Uribe and Theo Kruk, two executives with Metro Medellin witnessed that very problem. Though Metro Medellin was ultimately successful at building their Metrocable line (with significant portions of it traveling over people’s homes) there was initial concern from locals in the barrio of Santo...

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Mar 08, 2010
Caracas Metrocable, Gondola, Medellin MetroCable

Medellin/Caracas!!!

Tune in Wednesday for the start of The Gondola Project’s first photo essay: Medellin/Caracas. I’ve just returned from Medellin, Colombia and Caracas, Venezuela where I toured five of the most important systems in all of cable transit. Two of them just opened mere weeks ago. There’s so much to say, this series could go on...

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Nov 27, 2009
Medellin MetroCable

Medellin MetroCable

The MetroCable in Medellin, Columbia is a fascinating example of Cable-Propelled Transit. It is one of the most important CPT installations in the world, particularly because it is fully integrated into the transit system. I use the term full integration to describe cable systems that allow for seamless movement between different modes of public transit...

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