A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: After breaking ground in 2010, North America’s newest bottom-supported cable car, the BART to OAK (aka: BART to Oakland International Airport Automated Guideway Transit), will finally open on Saturday. Trains will arrive every...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: The Brest Téléphérique project in France is reportedly back on track after a second project management tender went out this week. During the first round, several companies overbid the maximum €15 million...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Oran, the second largest city in Algeria (pop: 1.5 million) will be studying two urban cable car systems. One system will connect to the Port while the second system will improve...
— —— A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: September 15, 2014 marked the opening day for La Paz’s longest urban cable car system, the Yellow Line (La Línea Amarilla). Celebrations were held and passengers packed the system. In...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Oued Koriche and Bouzaréah, two suburbs is the Algerian capital of Algiers, is expected to see the inauguration of its much delayed cable car — Le téléphérique Oued Koreiche-Bouzaréah. The 3km long system...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Plans for a cable car has emerged in the Australian coastal city of Gold Coast. The concept is to connect the city’s airport to the nearby mountain/suburb of Springbrook. This is...
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 French press has proudly made an announcement for the signing of a €50 million contract to realize a 5.5km cable car in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria — a city of 1.3m that’s located...
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 Algeria, the Transport Minister announced that 20 cable car projects will soon be realized throughout the country — 10 of which have already have tenders submitted. He added that Algeria will create...
The Constantine Telepherique in Constantine, Algeria officially held celebrations for its 12 million passengers (in French) last week. Since it opened in June 2008, the system averaged approximately 3 million riders per year. Not too shabby for a 1.5km cable system in a city with only half a million residents. If the statistics hold true, the...
From what we can piece together, Cable Propelled Transit (CPT) systems in Algeria began in the mid-1950’s with the construction of the Téléphérique d’El Madania in the capital Algiers. This system was then followed in 1982 by the Téléphérique Notre-Dame d’Afrique – again in Algiers. Five years later in 1987, two more Téléphériques would be...