A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: News out of Haiti suggests that Port-au-Prince may soon consider the implementation of a 5 phase cable car system. Poma proposed a Metrocable network to country’s Ministry of Economy and Finance last week. The...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Potosi, a city of 240,000 residents in Bolivia may be the next municipality in the country to implement a cable car. This week, it officially launched a tender for a public...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Local developers in Seattle unveil their plan to build a east-west connection with CPT technology. The ~1km system is envisioned to travel between Washington State Convention Center and the waterfront in...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: A cable car proposal has been presented this week in Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) by engineer Georges Feltz, former chief of bus operations. The system is envisioned to connect the Kirchberg...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Organizers for the 2017 International Garden Show in Berlin have finally found an investor for its cable car. The system will be built entirely with private funds and will take...
— A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Istanbul, Turkey has officially announced their intentions to build a cable car over the Bosphorus. The system will travel 15 minutes across the Bosphorus strait and connect the districts of Mecidiyekoy...
— A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Bianca Freire-Medeiros, Senior Lecturer CPDOC analyzes the impact of Rio’s urban cable cars from a sociology perspective. She describes some of the effects increased tourism has had on favela neighbourhoods....
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: The cable car in Ankara, Turkey is scheduled to begin operations in March this year. The cable lift will connect passengers to Yenimahalle Metro station and is expected to reduce commuter...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: A group of students from the University of Fachhochschule Kiel has proposed an urban cable car in the German city of Kiel. Depending on the alignment, the system will travel 1.8-3.0km across...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: An urban cable car proposal has surfaced in Bochum, Germany. The current plan is to connect Ruhrpark to the downtown on a 10-15 minute journey through the city. More details have...