Opening last December, the TransMiCable gondola in Bogotá Colombia transports about 20,000 residents a day, many of them from the poorest regions of the city. The solar-powered gondola is helping reduce traffic and air pollution, and cuts commuting time in half. Take a look back at this project on an earlier post from the Gondola...
The Sea to Sky Gondola in British Columbia, Canada has increased its capacity by 50%, growing the aerial ropeway from 20 cabins to 30. With each cabin able to hold 8 people, it now has the capacity to carry 900 passengers per hour on the 10-minute ride into the backcountry just south of Squamish and Stawamus...
Construction started last month on an $85.1 million cable car project in Zagreb, Croatia. The project touts 84 cabins and will connect Zagreb’s northern section with the Sljeme ski area on Medvednica hill, a 16-minute trip. The Thames Cable Cars are being converted from tourist transportation to stylish mini-restaurants! Two nights a week, a high-end...
The Burnaby City Council approved continued research for a gondola serving Simon Fraser University. The gondola would double the capacity of the existing buses, reduce greenhouse gases, and reduce travel times for students. This project has been on Gondola Project’s Steven Dale’s radar for quite some time. To view his prior writing on the subject,...
The Disney Skyliner aerial transportation system complete with character gondolas, is making all kinds of connections in Orlando, FL. This transit system will conveniently take people from Disney resort hotels to attractions like Epcot and Hollywood Studios. There are also tower design lessons to be taken from Disney. Could a gondola network be the solution to New York City’s transit woes? While Business...
Naulcapan City Ropeway Construction Halted With funds running short, construction of the urban gondola in Naucalpan, Mexico is on pause. Already 60% complete, it was to be completed in 2016, the second-longest in the world, and serve 120,000 inhabitants. More. While We’re in the Neighbourhood (Puebla Cable Cars Coming Late) Another urban ropeway under construction...
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....
— • Bandung Plans Massive Cable Car Network (Indonesia) Indonesia’s 3rd largest city plans to build a 42km long network of urban gondolas, an estimated investment of US$357.1 million. The Bandung system will be financed by the Asian Development Bank with a low interest loan. The mayor announced that the system will break ground in December. Previous...
• No More Inebriated Ropeway Operators (Switzerland) From our “Don’t Try This At Home” file, perhaps one of the strangest pieces of ropeway news you might ever hear. It appears that drinking and operating a cable car in Switzerland was once somewhat legal. Well that was until Wednesday this week. Under the old rules, a loophole...
• Cruise Ship Berthing Cable Car (Cayman Islands) The SkyBridge, a cable car linking cruise ship berths to the shore has been publicized in the Cayman Islands by James Whittaker, CEO and Founder of GreenTech Group. This is one of the most innovative ideas we’ve seen proposed as the cable cars enable the creation of a port without the...