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Nov 16, 2016
Site Issues and Updates, Updates

World Map Update: More Cable Propelled Transit and Urban Cable Cars

The urban cable car industry continues to grow and make headways around the world. In October 2016 alone, 8 new systems were proposed. To properly reflect the status of Cable Propelled Transit systems, an update to the world urban gondola map has been made. — — PROPOSALS ADDED Banff, Alberta (October 2016) Boracay, Philippines (October...

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Jul 12, 2016
Research Issues, Site Issues and Updates

WORLD MAP UPDATE: Proposals and Ropeways Added

Given the recent flurry of activity within the urban cable car sector, we took time to update the world map. For a larger version of map, click on the upper right hand corner of the map below or click here. — — PROPOSALS ADDED Albany, New York (July 2016) Busan, South Korea (May 2016) Chicago Skyline, Illinois (May...

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Oct 14, 2015
Public Transit, Site Issues and Updates, Updates

Update: Systems Added to Urban Gondola Map

— You know what they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Or in our case, the world’s first and most comprehensive urban gondola map (full map via Google) but that’s harder to rhyme. We’ve had a few requests the past week so we’ve gone ahead and made a few changes: Added two Algerian urban...

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Oct 06, 2015
Public Transit, Site Issues and Updates, Updates

Where to find existing and proposed URBAN GONDOLAS

— To further enlighten those interested in urban cable cars systems, the Gondola Project has begun mapping them out (link 1 – Gondola Project; link 2 – Full Map via Google). First, we’ve organized existing urban systems. You can navigate/locate these two ways: Visually locate the system and/or Zoom into system’s location and find the alignment...

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Jun 03, 2013
Site Issues and Updates, Uncategorized

Introducing The Sponsor’s Corner

Today we’re happy to announce our new Sponsor’s Corner initiative on The Gondola Project. In tandem with our Essential Guide To Gondolas (thanks again, by the way, to everyone who has already purchased a copy), The Sponsor’s Corner is a strategy aimed at making this site sustainable for the foreseeable future — and believe us...

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May 15, 2013
Site Issues and Updates, Uncategorized

Introducing: Ask Tino

For the most part, The Gondola Project has been rather successful at getting people to notice and understand cable transit solutions. What we’ve not been to great at, however, is being able to explain some of the more nuanced technical and engineering related questions posed to us by our readers. Don’t get me wrong—Nick Chu...

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Apr 08, 2013
Site Issues and Updates

The Gondola Project: Updates

The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind at The Gondola Project and I thought it would be appropriate to update our regular readers on what’s been going on: A recent link to The Gondola Project on Reddit caused a sustained traffic spike on the site. Post-spike, our traffic is now double what it...

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Jan 07, 2013
Site Issues and Updates

The Gondola Project in 2013

Back in November of 2009, I launched The Gondola Project as an experiment. Could I write a post-per-day for one straight year about the little-known application of cable cars in urban environments? And in doing so, could I help change the understanding of the technology to the point where people would (increasingly) accept it as...

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Aug 21, 2012
Site Issues and Updates

Biggest Day Ever

Yesterday was the biggest day ever for readership on The Gondola Project. It seems someone picked up on the Mieders Sommerrodelbahn and tweeted it, which quickly led to a spike in traffic that continues currently. Granted, we probably would’ve liked people to land on our site through something a little more on-topic. I would be lying...

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Aug 07, 2012
Site Issues and Updates

Wanted: Guest Posts

Despite it being the dog days of August and everyone seems to be on vacation, The Gondola Project is in the midst of its best month of traffic and readership ever. Our readership is rapidly approaching 10,000 unique visitors a month with over 25,000 page views per month. Not too bad for our small little...

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