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21
Nov

2014

Weekly Roundup: BART to OAK airport connection opens; Poma wins Oruro (Bolivia) cable-car tender

BART to OAK opens this Saturday! Image from Bart.gov.

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 five minutes during peak hours with fares ranging from ~$6–$15.
Reports indicate that French cable transportation company Poma has won the Oruro (Bolivia) cable car tender. The city’s mayor, Rossio Pimentel, expects that the system will be completed by August 2015.

The Algerian government is embarking on a joint venture involving its transit divisions, EMA (Entreprise du métro d’Alger) and ETUSA (Entreprise de transport urbain et suburbain d’Alger), and French company Poma. The enterprise aims to have local workers acquire manufacturing and maintenance skills from Poma’s experts. According to the article, in 2009, the government promised up to €500 million over five years to renovate and construct urban cable car systems.

Caracas, Venezuela’s second urban gondola, the Mariche Metrocable will undergo maintenance this weekend. With the cable car service suspended, replacement buses will be available to transport passengers. Regular operations will resume on Monday, November 24.

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19
Sep

2014

Weekly Roundup: Urban Cable Cars Open in La Paz and Algiers; Proposals in Sydney, New York and Quito

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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 fact, in just 2 days of service, the line has already transported 76,800 riders!

A large-scale urban gondola proposal has emerged from New York City. Dubbed the East River Skyway, the 3 phase project is hoping to connect various waterfront properties throughout the city and improve cross river transit options.

Sydney’s Business Chamber has proposed a cable car which seeks to improve connectivity within its harbour. The system is envisioned to link Barangaroo and Pyrmont.

The Aérotram CPT project in Toulouse, France was reportedly cancelled just a few weeks ago. However, reports indicate that not only is the project alive, an extension of the system was proposed which could see it connect to a new stop at Basso-Cambo (terminal station of Metro Line A). This alignment will provide a rapid east-west link between Line A and Line B.
After some delays, the Oued Koriche – Bouzaréah téléphérique (cable car) in Algiers, Algeria has finally opened this week. System statistics: 2.9km; $2.5 billion dinars ($30.9 million USD); 12 minute travel time; 3 stations; 58 cabins (up to 15 passengers per cabin); capacity of 2400 pphpd. Operations: 6am-7pm. Video: click here. Photos: click here.

Hoping to mimic the successes of Medellin, Ecuador’s capital, Quito, is now embarking on a study to determine the feasibility of implementing cable cars in its own communities. A CPT system may improve transportation options and reduce travel times for up to 109,800 residents.

While a Hello Kitty themed cable car experience has increased ridership on Taipei, Taiwan’s Maokong Gondola, it wasn’t enough to keep it out of the red. The system stands to lose NT$79 million (US$2.62 million) this year and next.

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06
Sep

2014

Weekly Roundup: Teleférico Bicentenario (Urban Cable Car) in Santiago, Chile Announced for Completion by 2018

Teleférico Bicentenario. Image from Ciudad Empresarial.

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit:

This week the Ministry of Public Works in Santiago, Chile publicly presented its plan to build the Teleférico Bicentenario. The system will connect the communities of Providencia and Huechuraba and reduce travel times from 45 minutes to 12 minutes. The cable car’s capacity is set at 3,000 pphpd and is expected to be complete by 2018.

Evo Morales has announced that the Yellow Line (Línea Amarilla) in La Paz, Bolivia will be inaugurated next week on September 10. At 3.8km in length with 13 towers and 169 cabins, this system will the largest of the 3 cable car lines.

The World, a group of man-made islands in Dubai, may one day be serviced by a cable car connection. Among a number of other transport options (i.e. floating bridge) that were studied, a gondola system was deemed the cost effective. The concept has support but a final decision has not been made yet.

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29
Aug

2014

Weekly Roundup: Creative Marketing Strategies Around La Paz’s Red Line (Linea Roja)

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit:

Taking full advantage of the aerial views offered by the Red Line (Linea Roja), advertisers have approached nearby homeowners and put up billboards on their roofs. While this is definitely a very ingenious way of advertising, regulators now have the job of ensuring that the cityscape is not impacted negatively.

Perhaps following the principles of good transit design, it was announced this week that the Buenos Aires station on La Paz’s upcoming Yellow Line (Linea Amarilla) will house 28 traditional markets. Traders who worked nearby the station were initially opposed to the cable car, but soon changed their minds after seeing the terminal designs.

While the turnout rate was only 25%, Hamburg residents ultimately decided to vote against the proposed Hamburg Cable Car. Full results can be seen here.

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23
Aug

2014

Weekly Roundup: Le Téléphérique Oued Koreiche-Bouzaréah To Soon Launch

Le Téléphérique Oued Koreiche-Bouzaréah. Image from Binyen.com

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 will reduce travel times from 30 minutes to 11 minutes and will have a capacity of 3,000 pphpd.

Four ropeway manufacturers are interested in building the Oruro cable car in Bolivia. These companies include Doppelmayr, Poma and two other builders. Oruru, a city of approximately 264,000 residents, is planning to implement a purely tourist cable lift. The $18.5 million system is expected to have a capacity of 1,000 pphpd and will travel a route length of 900m.

During the holiday season in Venezuela, over 12,000 people travelled up on the Warairepano cable car to access amenities at the top of the national park. Operators say that demand for the cable car triples during holidays and that service must be temporarily halted when the park capacity is exceeded.

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19
Aug

2014

NYT: Subway in the Sky – La Paz

Even though we’re now seeing more and more Cable Propelled Transit (CPT) systems being implemented around the world, mainstream North American media has, arguably, paid little attention to urban gondola lifts.

This past weekend, however, New York Times flew their correspondents down to La Paz and documented the city’s Red Line, — or what they cleverly termed, “Bolivia’s Subway in the Sky”.

They even made a short film about it and interviewed locals what they thought of their brand new cable car.

The article is a wonderful inside look into how the cable system is not only transforming the city’s public transit network, but how a cable car line is actively breaking down cultural and social stigmas.
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18
Jul

2014

Weekly Roundup: 1 Million Users Transported on Linea Roja (La Paz)

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 the span of approximately one month since the inauguration of Linea Roja, La Paz’s first urban gondola has transported 1,000,000 passengers, or roughly 36,000 riders per day. If these statistics are accurate, Linea Roja may be one of the world’s busiest urban cable cars.

Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan and city of 1.4 million, will soon see the construction of a new cable car to Kok-Tobe. Kok-Tobe is the highest point in the city and is a popular attraction — it has several amusement rides and even a Beatles monument! Today, the existing cable car is too slow and wait times are too high. French cable car manufacturer POMA has signed a MOU with local officials and work is expected to start in September.

Latest news reports from Squamish indicate that ridership on the Sea to Sky Gondola is higher than expected. Two months since it opened, 70,000 passengers have already ridden the cable car. The system is so popular that overflow parking at other nearby sites had to be used. Talks of connecting the gondola to Squamish’s bus network and a bike trail are also underway.

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Weekly Roundup: BART to OAK airport connection opens; Poma wins Oruro (Bolivia) cable-car tender

Weekly Roundup: Urban Cable Cars Open in La Paz and Algiers; Proposals in Sydney, New York and Quito

Weekly Roundup: Teleférico Bicentenario (Urban Cable Car) in Santiago, Chile Announced for Completion by 2018

Weekly Roundup: Creative Marketing Strategies Around La Paz’s Red Line (Linea Roja)

Weekly Roundup: Le Téléphérique Oued Koreiche-Bouzaréah To Soon Launch

NYT: Subway in the Sky – La Paz

Weekly Roundup: 1 Million Users Transported on Linea Roja (La Paz)

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