Durch die Nacht schweben und Köln genießen! Bei der „Kölner Nacht der Seilbahn” könnt Ihr heute bis 24 Uhr mit der Seilbahn fahren (letzte Hin- und Rückfahrt jeweils 15 Minuten vorher). Die Seilbahn ist übrigens eine 100%ige Tochterfirma der KVB. Foto: KVB-Archiv #Menschenbewegen #kvbkoeln #kvb #Seilbahn #ropeway #cablecar A photo posted by Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG...
“What does the name 3s mean?” is a question we are often asked by decision-makers, who are considering gondola technology for their cities. We would love to say something sibilant and succinct, like Safe, Speedy and Stabilized. But the truth is more mundane. The name 3S comes from the German drei Seile, three ropes, because...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Lima Announces Two Urban Gondolas (Peru) President Ollanta Humala announced that the districts of El Agustino and San Juan de Lurigancho will receive two cable propelled transit systems by mid 2017....
Teleférico do Alemão #riodejaneiro A photo posted by Joāo Paulo Engelbrecht (@jp_engelbrecht) on Nov 2, 2013 at 7:10pm PDT
Bogota, Colombia’s capital city of 6.7 million residents, will be adding an urban cable car system to its transit network. Doppelmayr, the world leader in ropeways, won and signed the contract to build this aerial transport system on July 16, 2015. Similar to many other urban cable cars in South America, Bogota’s detachable gondola will be...
Spying on roof terraces from above #lapazcablecar #thankevo #bolivia #weatheredpink #corrougatediron #clothesline #shadowplay #notmypanni A photo posted by Amanda Littlewood (@muscari_haze) on Jul 31, 2014 at 1:25pm PDT Suddenly this week, popular media outlets began reporting the big “news” from Bolivia. That is, La Paz’s “Subways in the Sky” will be tripling in size over the...
A photo posted by Valeria H. – WaterThruSkin (@waterthruskin) on Jul 28, 2015 at 11:47am PDT — A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Western World Learns About La Paz Cable Car Phase 2 (Bolivia) A 6-line, 20.3km,...
Two judges in Chongqing have taken an extreme approach to bring the circuit court into a remote village in the mountains: by risking their lives traveling across a river on ropes. The ropeway, set up by a villager ten years ago, has always been the only way in and out for people in the village,...
Recently we ran an opinion piece about private gondolas, asking whether they may be a sign of things to come. But nothing prepared for us this precarious looking “trenino” or little train in Vernazza, Italy. Essentially it’s a mini-monorail and it turns out they’re not uncommon here. Vernazza is one of the “Cinque Terre”, five...
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 Cable Car for Geneva? (Switzerland) Luc Barthassat, Switzerland’s Minister of Transport, commissioned a study in 2014 to analyze the possibility of an urban gondola in Geneva. Last Friday the report...