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14
Dec

2012

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

A neighbourhood blog in Seattle suggests using urban gondolas as a solution to the local “Montlake Mess” transport problem.

Politicians in London consider the possibility of the Emirates Air Line becoming a “white elephant.”

And lastly, because it’s Friday, a Lego aficionado designs a series of hyper-realistic models of San Francisco’s famed cable cars:

If I could buy that right now, I would.

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18
May

2012

How long until someone decides to use this as evidence that cable is bad for the environment? Image via Vox.

A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit:

Here’s something I never – and I mean never – thought I’d be obligated to include in a Weekly Roundup: A Gibraltar area ape took a harrowing cable car ride and found himself stranded onto a service cable running between the cars.

In a report on the controversial Emirates AirLine, MSNBC mistakenly links to The Gondola Project as a means of calling us an “opponent” of the system. As we’ve stated before, we’re not opponents of the system, we simply have severe concerns about the project cost and the fare structure. A little nuance next time, MSNBC? Please?

Something no business case or feasibility study can possibly capture: Inter Press Service has an excellent piece on cable transit in Caracas as a means of social inclusion. While it’s far from the most balanced piece of journalism, there are some great quotes. My favourite is a quote from a neighbourhood leader who says “In the cabins you run into people you didn’t know and people you knew before but had lost touch with. Now we have that day-to-day contact again, neighbourly relations.” It’s an interesting perspective and one worth contemplating further.

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18
Nov

2011

A couple highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit:

The community of Grächen, Switzerland gives a cable car to the City of Sarajevo so that it may rebuild the Trebevic Cable Car that was destroyed during the conflict of the early 90’s.

Squamish, British Columbia’s Sea to Sky Gondola moves one step closer to reality.

While not urban, this is certainly an interesting development: The SkiLink gondola project will link the Canyons and Solitude resorts in Utah. The project is intended solely as a transportation system between the two resorts and is expected to “reduce ski season traffic through Big Cottonwood Canyon by as much as 18,000 cars per year. Initially that means around 1 million fewer miles driven per year.” Should be an interesting one to follow.

Apparently former London Mayor Ken Livingstone once rejected current London Mayor Boris Johson’s controversial plans for a Thames Cable Car. As regular readers of this site know, the London Cable Car has been subject to some controversy but began construction earlier this year with the hope it will be complete in time for next year’s Summer Olympics.

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