I’ll admit it: One of the things I love about cable transit is the “treasure hunt” quality of the entire thing. It’s a “lost” technology with clues and remnants scattered around the world. Picking those clues up and piecing them together is – for me – one of the most exciting parts of this work....
Check out the Sketchup rendering of the Palmylink proposal that came out of New Zealand last week:
I’ve heard the argument that cable’s not a viable form of transit because vehicles cannot move independently of each other. Standard transit technologies – the argument goes – are self-propelled and are therefore immune to problems experienced by other transit vehicles on a line. This argument is only half-true. The first part is true: Yes,...
People don’t ride airplanes because they’re pleasant. They ride them because they have no other real choice. Want proof? Notice how many people are choosing High Speed Rail instead of short haul flights. When there’s choice, people choose. The problem Public Transit faces is this: It’s not an airplane. There are a huge number of...
It’s only 30 seconds. Watch it till the end, trust me.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a city of around 1 million people. It’s the financial centre of Canada’s petrol economy and is very, very cold. Average temperatures range from a low of -15°C (5°F) to a high of 10°C (49°F). Calgarians are therefore blessed with a network of elevated walkways called the Plus 15 System. This...
This is the Baden Gondelbahn in Baden, Switzerland. It is a concept by Stephan Kalt, director of Regional Transport for Baden-Wettingen. Kalt’s concept connects the spa town of Baden with a local train station via Urban Gondola.
Check out what the rest of the net is saying about Palmylink: Crazy Gondola Plan For Palmerston Nth Project Links Palmerston North City with Uni Gondola Project Mooted For Palmerston North Something Brilliant In Palmerston North Manawatu Tram Trust Project Launched to Link Palmerston North City and Massey University by Gondola
(This post was a little late coming in today. So much going on. Please accept my apologies.) It’s been a good week for Cable Propelled Transit and Urban Gondolas:
One Sunday last month, I was standing at a subway station and the overhead monitor informed me that the next train was to arrive in 9 minutes. 30 seconds later, it anticipated an arrival in 7 minutes. Two minutes later the monitor said the train would arrive in 6 minutes. 3 minutes later, the train...