A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Dubbed as the largest urban ropeway on the Eurasian continent, the Yenimahalle – Şentepe Teleferik in Ankara (Turkey) is the country’s first public transit cable car. LEITNER Ropeways was responsible for implementing...
This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. The preceding article in this two-part series discussed how Scottish ski resorts are beginning to embrace the notion of diversification in their use of rural cable systems. However, as previously noted, cable system diversification is something that Alpine ski resorts have been experimenting with for years, and...
This is a guest post by Ross Edgar. As has been discussed at length, gondolas have long been considered by many as residing exclusively in ski resorts with few, if any, further applications. Thanks to recent infrastructure projects and the efforts of entities such as the Gondola Project, this perception is beginning to change. However,...
Cable car technology never ceases to amaze me. This may sound a little exaggerated, but almost every time I visit a CPT system, I discover and learn about something incredible. Case in point — the Baiyun Cable Car (白云索道) — a 1.6km MDG system located in the bustling southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, China. This recreational...
At the Gondola Project, we love learning about historical cable car systems and this past week, we were fortunate enough to have a reader send us some links and pictures of a cable lift in the seaside resort town of New Brighton, England. Aside from a few pictures and tidbits of info, details about the system...
Public transit systems tend to take a beating. They handle thousands, if not millions of passengers each day. And not only that, in some high demand areas, service must be reliable and constantly available. Definitely not an easy feat for operators. For Cable Propelled Transit (CPT) it’s no different. Heavily ridden systems such as the Medellin...
If you like film festivals, cable cars and happen to be visiting Toronto this upcoming weekend, then you may be in luck. Manakamana, a movie about passengers riding the Manakamana cable car (map) is set to make its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The movie follows 11 pilgrims as they...
This is a guest post by Billy Beasley. Walt Disney. Just the sound of his name evokes thoughts of Mickey Mouse, animation, and the sprawling theme parks that bear his name. But Disney wasn’t just an animator, he was a master urban planner. Disney orchestrated everything when it came to his parks from perception of...
Guest Post by Jamie Clarkson. No holiday in Chamonix, France is complete without a trip up the imposing ‘Needle of Mid-day’ on the infamous Téléphérique de L’Aiguille du Midi. When I visited Chamonix this summer, I was inclined (no pun inteded) to think the same. I tried to ride the system on a Tuesday, but...
Once again, with little fanfare and almost no news of it in the English-speaking world, it seems that another urban gondola will soon open. From the limited amount of information that’s available online, this cable car is located in Batumi — a seaside Georgian town of 180,000 residents. The system is reported to be 2.5km...