The first gondola for Atlantic Canada opened this week. Located in Cape Breton, the Ski Cape Smokey gondola went through a load test earlier this month as one of the final steps before opening. The new Leitner-Poma gondola has 28 cars each with an 8-person capacity. The gondola can transport passengers to the top of the 32-metre hill...
Proponents are hopeful a $10 million allocation for a half-acre site by the District of Columbia will be used for a gondola from Rosslyn to Georgetown. The property could be the eastern terminus of a gondola across the Potomac, as well as a charging station for electric cars or a Metro station. An Austrian gondola...
Construction for the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Gondola has broken ground. Construction crews are laying the groundwork, and underground work, for the region’s first ever base-to-base gondola. As helicopters fly in tons of concrete for the foundations, the power line, internet lines, snowmaking pipes are being rerouted. The project was in the making for...
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority is working with French mobility specialist MND to create a high-speed aerial ropeway, CABLINE. A ropeway system will be a first step to having 25 percent of cross-city trips be self-driven by 2030. CABLINE’s rope speeds will be up to 45 kilometers per hour and have the lowest possible carbon...
Japan’s first urban ropeway, Yokohama Air Cabin, opened in April of 2021. The 630-meter ropeway moves passengers from landside Sakuragi to the harbor in five minutes. The system operates using a lithium-ion battery. Cabins are equipped with air-conditioning, LED lights for the nights, and other safety features. Despite the pandemic, Yokohama managed to build a...
A public transit proposal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania may include a gondola. The proposed gondola would connect the Strip and Hill district, and Hazelwood. In the past there have been several gondola ideas for Pittsburgh because of their feasibility due to the hilly terrain. The Port Authority of Allegheny County is looking for public feedback on...
Cablebús Line 1 in Mexico City began operating on July 11. The system is 9.2 kilometers long with six stations. The system is connected to Line 3 of the Metro, Line 1 of the Metrobús and 4 of the Mexibús. The total travel time is 33 minutes at the price of seven pesos ($0.35 USD)...
Snowbasin Resort in Utah has announced a new high speed, six-seater chairlift. The lift will replace Snowbasin’s oldest fixed grip, a 1979 CTEC triple, reducing the trip from 9.2 minutes to 4.9 minutes. Snowbasin has partnered with Leitner-Poma of America to get this done. The lift is designed to move 1,800 passengers per hour, but future...
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has published two preferred transit alternatives to improve traffic congestion through Little Cottonwood Canyon. After studying the traffic issue for three years and looking at 124 proposals, UDOT has narrowed the alternatives to a dedicated bus lane with buses coming every 5 minutes and a gondola with cabins coming every...
The Silver Queen Gondola in Aspen is getting a new haul rope. Crews from the ski resort and its contractors are splicing the 4.9-mile-long haul rope. This will be the gondola’s first haul rope replacement since the gondola was installed in 1986. The gondola is scheduled to reopen July 2. The proposed Mount Wellington Cable...