— The urban gondola proposal in Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg (pop: 500,000), made an exciting announcement this week. The Traffic & Public Transport Authority will release a tender in April 2017 to choose a team that will help guide the project from now until system opening. The winning bidder will work with the contracting authority...
Pão de Açúcar – Rio de Janeiro ⛵️✈️😍 #rio2016 #riodejaneiro #rio2016olympics #rio2016🇧🇷 #rio #paodeacucar #morrodaurca #voceviajando #travelmag #travel #holidays #trip #traveling #brazil #brasil #travelling #travelpic #travelphoto #photography #photooftheday #photographer #likesforlikes #instatravel #viajando A photo posted by Você Viajando (@voceviajando) on Aug 15, 2016 at 11:08am PDT Morro da Urca – Urca, Rio de Janeiro...
Last year, Doppelmayr introduced a “ropeway configurator”, which anyone can sign up for and try out. It’s a simple suite of online tools you use to visualize key elements of a virtual cable car system. The configurator’s utility is limited but it does provide a great way to begin conversations about creating real ropeways. In...
Bogota Metro and Metrocable Up in the Air “Seeking clarity on the new administration’s plans,” Colombia’s National Development Fund has paused the tendering process until February, 2016, effectively pausing infrastructure plans. More. “Boom!” Editorial Questions Cable Car Construction in Korea Right now, there are over 30 gondola projects being planned or promoted in Korea....
On September 1, 2015, Doppelmayr announced that 22 new apprentices had begun an intensive training program at the company. We at the Gondola Project are but a few and currently have zero apprentices or interns, so it seemed a large number to us. “22 apprentices may seem high for others but is not so...
This very morning, the mayor of the Gondola Project’s home city, announced that Toronto will not pursue a bid for the Olympics because it’s too risky and expensive, plus there simply is not the necessary support from enough citizens and other levels of government. Toronto’s long-time rival in sports, Boston, made the same decision last...
I recently came across a working paper titled Transit Riders’ Perception of Waiting Time and Stops Surrounding Environments. If you’re a transit nerd, you need to read it — it’s important work — but this is the gist. Reducing wait times is one of the best ways to increase transit usage. However, people’s perception of...
“What does the name 3s mean?” is a question we are often asked by decision-makers, who are considering gondola technology for their cities. We would love to say something sibilant and succinct, like Safe, Speedy and Stabilized. But the truth is more mundane. The name 3S comes from the German drei Seile, three ropes, because...
Our venerable Nicholas Chu is on a much-needed vacation for the next couple of week. Nick, as regular readers know, is largely responsible for a huge amount of content on this site. We couldn’t do it without him and I’d like to personally thank him for all his passion and contribution. I’ll do my best...
Reader John D. from Florida sends us a link which shows us another use for cable technology that we’ve yet to document — Cable Skiing. Instead of having a motorboat pulling a water skier, a cable skier is towed by a electrically propelled rope line. Check it out. — —— Big thanks to John for sharing with...