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 Mount Wellington Cable Car proposal in Hobart, Australia may be gaining more steam as a draft review management plan – which outlines the mountain’s future vision – has just been...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: In Caracas, Venezuela, Latin America’s largest barrio, Petare, is to benefit from upcoming investments in cable car transit systems. Should this occur, Caracas will become only the second Latin American city...
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 Santubong cable car project in Malaysia is back on again. Originally proposed in 2005, the project has received much opposition from the public but this past week the Tourism Minister announced new studies...
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 London Thames Cable Car (Emirates Air Line) is suffering from poor weekday (read: commuters) ridership to such an extent that Transport for London has sent out free round-trip tickets to...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE: Around 60 people were stranded mid-air on Wednesday when the Emirates Air Line in London experienced forty minutes of technical difficulties. Water, first aid, and lots of...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: This is a system we’ve not yet heard about, but apparently, there are already eight firms bidding for the right to install a new “Metro Cable” system in Shillong, India. This...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit (admittedly, not that much this week): Santiago, Chile announces an open tender to rehabilitate and upgrade an old 3 station gondola system in Metropolitan Park. (Google Translated from Spanish to English...
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 Cabrio, Switzerland’s newest cable car, is the world’s first double-decker, open-air cable car. We’ve mentioned this system before (here and here and here) and I’m sure we will again 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: London’s Emirates AirLine announces a June 28th opening. A schedule of controversial fares is also released. London blogger Diamond Geezer has an excellent analysis of the Emirates AirLine, it’s speed, and...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit: At only 202 meters long, Gulangyu Island’s urban ropeway system is said to be the shortest in the world. Built without approval in 1995, the system is being dismantled in preparation...