— — A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: $450 Million Phase 2 Breaks Ground (La Paz, Bolivia) Faster than you can say Teleferico La Paz-El Alto, the second phase of the already largest network of urban transit...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Yenimahalle – Şentepe Teleferik (Ankara, Turkey) We received news last year that Ankara’s urban cable car had begun operations in March 2014. But reports this week suggest that the 3.2km system...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Wuppertal Cable Car (Germany) Studies for an urban gondola in Wuppertal have come back positive. Next, plans for this USD $56 million (EUR 50 million), 2.8km, 3S cable car with a...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Likoni Cable Car (Mombasa, Kenya) Plans for an aerial cable system crossing Killindini Harbour from Likoni to Mombasa ‘surfaced’ this week. With its transport capacity of 5,500 pphpd, the cable car is...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: 3S Gondola in Magland<>Les Carroz<>Flaine (France)? A 8km, 5 station 3S gondola has been proposed to connect Magland’s TGV train station to the Flaine ski resort. Magland is a French commune...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Providência Cable Car (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) Residents of Rio de Janeiro can breathe a sign of relief, now that officials have announced the Teleférico da Providência will actually commence operations...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Penang Skycab Plans for an urban gondola were announced this week in Penang, Malaysia. The 3km system — estimated to cost RM 250-300 million (USD$69-83 million) — will connect Penang Sentral,...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Urban Zoo Cable Car Concept (Halle, Germany) Halle, a city of 230,000 in the Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state, invited three ropeway manufacturers to further examine its cable car concept. Plans are...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok, Thailand) The world’s largest manufacturer of ropeways, Doppelmayr, is following several cable car opportunities in Thailand. Among the five projects, Suvarnabhumi Airport is planning to construct an APM...
— A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: £100 Million Proposal (Cardiff, UK) Cardiff Business Council, the city’s investment arm, wants to start a feasibility study on a £100 million (US$150 million) urban cable car which connects the...