Yesterday I asked readers what this system was and why it was important: It’s the Pilatus Bahn in Central Switzerland and is interesting for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, as was the case yesterday, time restricts me from getting too deeply into it. Maybe readers could fill in some of the blanks until tomorrow.
Not a lot of time today for a post today, but I did want to start off this week with something a little more than interesting: Now then . . . Where is it? Better yet, why should we care? The answer tomorrow.
Jarrett Walker has posted the full introduction to his forthcoming book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. It’s well worth a read. Please check it out – and buy it when it comes out later this winter.
The Gondola Project isn’t just about Urban Gondolas (though it primarily is). It’s about thinking about our cities and public transit systems in different ways. It’s about being multi-modal and understanding that there are literally dozens of solutions to our problems and being open to all of them. Despite that, we’ve been rather negligent about...
Now here’s something I’ve never seen before. Apparently Vienna’s newspaper industry is made up of incredibly trusting folk. In theAustrian capital on-street newspaper boxes are nothing more than open plastic bags strapped to lampposts. Readers are asked to insert their payment into a padlocked black bank. On the banks one often finds a message thanking readers...
I don’t know how (or why) this happens (take Rio, for example), but somehow the Metrocable in Manizales, Colombia has completely slipped under the collective radar of the english-speaking world – for the last 2 years! From the little we currently understand, the Manizales Metrocable opened in 2009, system carries 1,400 pphpd, has three total...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas and Cable Propelled Transit: A new exhibit in London displays more details about the London Thames Cable Car. Meanwhile work begins on the London Thames Cable Car despite no assurances it will be ready in time for next year’s Olympics. Inhabitat profiles the Caracas Metrocable....
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As most people know (or could easily assume), we’re pretty positive about the Burnaby Mountain Gondola proposal. We aren’t, however, zealots. We’re urbanists and planners first and foremost, gondola specialists second. We won’t mindlessly support any gondola that happens to be plunked down in any city. It’s got to make sense and be rationally thought out...