Telluride’s Gondola in Colorado is nearing the end of its life and the gondola subcommittee recommends replacing the system. The monocable detachable gondola (MDG) was built in 1996 and carries approximately 3 million riders a year between Telluride to Mountain Village. The system upgrades would include new stations, larger cabins, and new electromechanical equipment to...
The proposed cable car in Ucka, Croatia will be the longest system in Europe. Currently the project is awaiting the construction permit which should be obtained by the end of this year. The aerial tram will span 4696 meters and rise 1310 meters with five towers. Each cabin will have the capacity to hold up to 60...
Leaders across the Eastern Fraser Valley are supporting the Cascade Skyline Gondola Project rather than the Bridal Veil Mountain Resort. The Cascade Skyline is an Indigenous-led gondola proposal with supporters noting its ecological, economic, and cultural benefits. The Bridal Veil proposal includes a massive ski resort in the mountains above Chilliwack in British Columbia. An...
Jordan’s first cable car project, Ajloun Cable Car, is almost complete. The $15.5 million (USD) project is located in the Northern highlands. An additional $76 million (USD) has been allocated to other amenities near the cable car, such as shops, restaurants, cafes, parks, and other facilities. The 2.5-km system has an initial capacity of 40...
The Macau government proposed a cable car crossing in the 2021-2030 General Planning for Traffic and Land Transport of Macau. The project is still being researched, but the current design of the cable car would connect the Macau Science Center to the New Area Zone A which will require the system to travel over the...
Toulouse opened France’s longest cable car and first 3S public transit system in the world, Téléo. The system is three kilometers long and in 10 minutes connects the east and west sides of the city via three stations: the University Cancer Institute, Rangueil Hospital, and Paul Sabatier University. The system is designed by POMA and...
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s iconic aerial tramway, Big Red, is reopening summer operations on May 21. For the last two years, the tramway has been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tramway brings riders 4,139 vertical feet to the summit of Rendezvous Mountain in just 12 minutes. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in California...
Ireland’s national independent planning body, An Bord Pleanála, acknowledged the environmental concerns brought forward by the Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE). In November of 2021, An Bord Pleanála approved the decommissioning of the existing Dursey Island cableway and the construction of a new two-way cableway. The new cableway has two cabins with the capacity to carry 15 people each. Toward the end...
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has extended the Hatta project’s bid deadline to July 18. The contract package includes luxury hotels and a 5.4-kilometer gondola with three stations reaching the Umm Al-Nesoor peak at 1,300 meters. The project location is in close proximity to the hydroelectric storage plant developed by DEWA. See a...
TransLink‘s 10 year plan includes the Burnaby Mountain Gondola. TransLink and the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transport have announced the first set of priorities for their Transport 2050 strategy. The plan includes doubling regional bus services, nine zero-emission buses on traffic-separated lanes, the Burnaby Mountain Gondola to Simon Fraiser University, and a rapid transit connection...