A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Medellin, Colombia has officially announced the construction of its 3rd Metrocable line. The 2.5km urban cable car will benefit 350,000 residents and will link the neighbourhood of Pichacho to the metro...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit: More details for a cable car in Port-au-Prince, Haiti have surfaced this week. The entire proposed 5 phase urban gondola network is reportedly an ambitious 30km — about 3x longer than...
Without much fanfare or media attention outside of Venezuela, another urban CPT system has opened — the Cabletren Bolivariano. This system is a 2.1km bottom-supported cable liner that’s located in Petare, an administrative division within the greater Caracas area. If Google Translate is accurate, it appears that only half of the system is currently operational. As per...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Reports indicate that La Paz, Bolivia’s Teleférico Metropolitano continues to make steady progress. Out of the 3 systems being built, the Red Line is the closest to completion with 50% of...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Reports surfaced the last couple weeks about an urban cable car proposal in Jerusalem. A map of the proposed 1.6 km alignment is now available can be seen above or by...
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 Mariche Metrocable in Caracas, Venezuela is officially inaugurated. A neighbourhood blog in Seattle suggests using urban gondolas as a solution to the local “Montlake Mess” transport problem. Politicians in London...
Last week we told you about the soon-to-be-opened Mariche Metrocable in Caracas, Venezuela. As we mentioned, the system would be Caracas’s second public transit urban gondola system and the first known system to implement an express line. We’ve since gathered more details: Apparently, the line that is about to open is only the express line....
Anyone who follows this urban cable car trend knows that Caracas and Medellin are the two clear trendsetters in this particular niche. Arguably, Medellin was the more visible of the two, but Caracas’ second Metrocable system could change that. Set to open in early 2013, the Mariche Cable Car will be the first system that...
The American Journal of Epidemiology recently published a report, Reducing violence by transforming neighborhoods: a natural experiment in Medellín, Colombia, which examines the effects of “neighbourhood level interventions”. In this research paper, the “intervention” studied was the implementation of the Metrocable Line K in 2004. The paper looks at 25 neighbourhoods that were serviced by the...
Not to be outdone by its compatriot, Medellin, news reports coming from Bogota, Colombia indicates that the country’s capital is now seeking to build a Metrocable system of its own. The cable car is expected to operate in the districts of Ciudad Bolivar and San Cristobal – both of which are located southwest and southeast...