Translink received nearly 13,000 responses during the first phase of public engagement for a gondola in Burnaby, Canada. The results showed 85% of people supported the project. However, 65% of respondents from Forest Grove, the area which the gondola would travel over, disapproved of the project. Translink is preparing for a second round of engagement...
After the cables were cut for a second time a couple months ago, Sea to Sky Gondola recently received the technical investigation report. The investigation analyzed the damaged equipment which includes the haul rope, gondola cabins, and towers. Several of the components will need to be replaced. The police investigation is ongoing. Arizona Snowbowl is preparing to...
Park City, Utah is considering an aerial gondola network. The City hired private consultants to conduct a preliminary feasibility study to explore connecting four major locations via a gondola. One of the central goals in Park City’s Vision 2020 is transportation innovation. The system’s capital cost is estimated to be $64 million with an operations and maintenance...
Colorado has released COVID-19 guidelines for the state’s ski areas. The guidelines include items such as: maintaining social distancing of six feet, reduction of gondola and chair lift capacities, and new trip cancellation policies. Ski areas must submit their COVID-19 procedures to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for approval before opening for...
After receiving preliminary approval from the United States Forest Service, Snow King Mountain Resort in Wyoming is moving forward with a new gondola. The resort has made a commitment to Leitner-Poma to purchase a gondola and ensure lift construction for the summer of 2021. The base of the new gondola will replace the Cougar lift which will...
Translink received over 10,000 survey responses for the proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola in Canada. They are currently evaluating the responses to ultimately select one of three gondola routes. The system is expected to see 25,000 trips daily with a queue time of one minute. The estimated cost of the gondola would be approximately $197 million,...
The Sea to Sky Gondola company is offering a $250,000 reward related to vandalism that happened in September. The Canadian attraction is looking for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for cutting the cable. This was the second time the gondola has been vandalized. The first incident cost the company more than $5...
Renderings of the proposed gondola from Union Station to Dodger Stadium have been released. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LA ART) are working together on the proposed gondola that will be able to transport 5,500 people per hour per direction with a total travel time of about 7...
For the second time, the Sea to Sky gondola in Canada has been vandalized. On September 14 the haul rope was deliberately cut sending the cabins crashing to the ground. Damages are expected to be in the millions. Check out Gondola Project’s coverage of the original vandalism in 2019 here. Table Mountain aerial cable car...
The history of the Jasper SkyTram in Whistler, Canada showcases the beginning of aerial tramways in Canada. The idea of building an aerial tramway to Whistlers’ Mountain came from two avid hikers familiar with New Hampshire’s Cannon Mountain Tramway, the only tramway of its kind in North America at the time. In 1964, construction of the system...