A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Regular Gondolas, and Cable Propelled Transit: In case you’re heading to the middle of the Pacific sometime in the future – specifically the Northern Mariana Islands – a tourist gondola system is currently being proposed, by no other than a man named Heinz Staffler, great...
I could recap what’s been happening on the Gondola Project Forum this week … or I could show you this cool Ted Talk about flying like a bird. I pick door 2: [ted id=1195] … and because it wont embed, check it out the intended video here: A robot that flies like a bird...
Most readers understand the concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) – a planning approach that encourages transit ridership through increased development around transit stations. TODs are designed to create higher density, mixed use, walkable communities. In this way the day-to-day needs met by shops, cafes, and entertainment venues are located within the neighbourhood (usually near...
The Bamboo Railway or “Norry” in Battambang, Cambodia is truly a testament to human ingenuity and creativity. In this part of the world, where resources are scarce and government run train service is untimely and unreliable, this informal form of transit is an inexpensive and convenient mobility option for many. For this simple (yet highly...
Food, Clothing and Shelter. All capital letter nouns when uses in tandem. Those are the three things we always presume make up the fundamental needs of a human existence. They are the most basic things we need to survive in our world. But are they really? Food, most certainly, is an essential of life (and...
A quick look look at some stats that make urban chicken farming in your city work (or not): Number of chickens raised annual for meat and eggs: 50 billion Percentage of world’s poultry meat raised using intensive farming techniques: 74 Worldwide chicken to human ratio: 16:9 Number of varieties of domestic chickens: 150 Hours of...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Regular Gondolas, and Cable Propelled Transit: We’re really getting spoiled here at the Gondola Project. Another gondola database is released. This time by the Swiss Government and it documents every single cable system in the country. Super awesome! Perhaps another CPT system will soon be...
Would you go for a ride with the Flying Men of Yungas Valley? Thanks to everyone who visited and posted on the forum this past week. Introductions were made however no jokes were submitted so this week instead of featuring the best joke I’d like to post a new discussion topic: As we’ve seen on...
A recent article in the Globe and Mail discusses the relationship between mass transit and political agendas. It appears that throughout the world high-stakes rail projects worth millions or even billions of dollars are becoming entangled in a struggle that pits the bottom line against local interests. In this age of globalization, companies around the...