Last week I had the good fortune to be in Madrid for one of my oldest, dearest friend’s bachelor party. Suffice it to say, hosting a bachelor party in Madrid—with its notoriously raucous nightlife—is roughly equivalent to putting Kanye West on stage at the MTV VMAs. Bizarre things are going to happen. Our evening began...
Lecco, Lombardia is a picturesque lake- and mountain-side town of about 50k inhabitants, located about 50km from central Milan. However, because this story is about transportation integration, let’s note that it’s exactly 39 minutes’ train ride from Milan’s magnificent Centrale station — and heavily populated enough to justify several dependable bus lines. Lecco has its...
• 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...
La Paz – Téléphérique qui monte du centre ville (3200m) aux hauts quartiers (4000m‼️) #roadtripperoubolivie #bolivie #lapaz #telepherique #leplushautdumonde #lepluslongdumonde A photo posted by Baptiste Gabriel (@tistou84) on Aug 19, 2015 at 7:10am PDT
Here at the Gondola Project, we generally discuss cable transport issues but many of our long-time readers also know we’re really just transit nerds at heart. (And über-nerds will note we’ve used the word nerd two days in a row.) Sticking to one single solution isn’t our thing and we’re always looking for new and...
I recently came across a working paper titled Transit Riders’ Perception of Waiting Time and Stops Surrounding Environments. If you’re a transit nerd, you need to read it — it’s important work — but this is the gist. Reducing wait times is one of the best ways to increase transit usage. However, people’s perception of...
• Téléphérique de Notre Dame d’Afrique (Algiers, Algeria) Algiers has long been one of the capitals for urban cable cars with five systems currently operating in the city. Recently, news reports suggest that the 266m long cable car connecting Notre Dame d’Afrique to Bologhine will soon be back in service. While technicians have been working on...
Comment with a green emoji if you want to take the Cable Cars over Mount Tianmen, China by @bucketlistvacations ✨✨#china #cablecar #view A photo posted by The Travel Fever (@thetravelfever) on Aug 13, 2015 at 12:31am PDT
Last week the state government of Victoria, Australia signed a 50-year lease for a new tourist-oriented gondola on Arthurs Seat. It replaces a 1960 2-person chairlift that was shuttered in 2006 after a series of incidents. The process was long and arduous but necessary, following all the rules. With the lease in place, the Arthurs Seat...
• Sister Site of Machu Picchu (Peru) Kuélap, one of the most remote and inaccessible sister sites of Machu Picchu, will soon get a cable car. Construction of the system officially started this week. The cable car will take passengers from the city of Tingo Nuevo to Chachapoyas fortress and reduce travel times from two...