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 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...
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...
Check out the following three news reports on the Tlemcen, Skikda and Constantine Télécabines (in that particular order): (Of note: In the first video – Tlemcen – we get a really great sense of how the three stations fit within the surrounding urban fabric. In the second video – Skikda – we get a really...
The Algerian Gondolas have been something of a black box to The Gondola Project. We know they exist. We’ve seen pictures of them and we keep hearing more are planned. Beyond that, we know virtually nothing about them and still can’t seem to find a reliable way to gather intelligence and research on them. Then...