In preparation for this year's skiing season, mechanics conduct an annual inspection on the Herzogstand cable car in southern Germany. Image from nbcnews.com.
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 Sri Pada — a sacred mountain located in Sri Lanka — will soon connected with a cable car.
- Netizens in Cincinnati begin a discussion to understand if connecting Mount Adams — a residential neighbourhood on a hilltop — with an aerial tram is practical transport solution.
- The Sümela Monastery — a monastery built right off a side of a cliff — in Turkey’s Trabzon Province will soon be linked with a gondola. Construction has started and the 800m system wil be opened in summer 2013.
- Happy birthday to the Skyline Gondola in Queenstown, New Zealand! The system turned 45 years old as of last Saturday.