Officials with Translink in British Columbia have seven companies bidding for the business case study for the Burnaby Mountain gondola. Hopefully, these seven bidders have a better understanding of cable transit systems than Kendra Wong, student journalist with Simon Fraser University’s The Peak. Writing of the gondola, Wong says this: “3S technology involves a reversible ropeway,...
CNN Go Asia counts down the ten best ropeways in Japan. The Sentosa Island Cable Cars return from a year long hiatus. The overhaul made the vehicles more accessible to wheelchairs and strollers, added informational touchscreens to each cabin and expanded system capacity. It also added crystalline LED lights to the exterior of the cabins...
It’s been a fairly slow week for cable, but a few interesting stories and tidbits floated out of the ether… As Vancouver’s Translink agency prepares to study a proposed gondola link between the Skytrain and Simon Fraser University, the usual chorus of cynics chime in: Rail For The Valley calls the study “pointless,” slags the...