If you’ve ever been to Bangkok, you’ll notice something right away: cars, a lot of cars. The city of 9 million suffers from near round the clock gridlock. The government reckons that the road system can accommodate 1.6 million vehicles, but just last year alone over 7 million were registered — more than 4 times what...
Photographer: Photo by Pat Jarrett (website, flickr). About: Every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines for our newest feature: Cable Car Photo of the Week. We hope this will continue to bring more attention to the technology and provide visually impactful examples of cable car systems worldwide. If...
At the Gondola Project, we’ve always been a fan of making transit fun. So when we found out about Taiwan’s new Cartoon Network themed High Speed Rail Train, we couldn’t help but be enthused. They even made a video on how they designed the train! As part of the campaign, underprivileged children were given the...
Next month Nick Chu and I are going to be speaking at and/or attending a wide variety of conferences, trade shows and symposiums dealing with all sorts of urban-related things. Mostly, we’ll be there to speak about—you guessed it—cable cars. So if you happen to be nearby one of the conferences listed below and have...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Thousands of commuter trips have been disrupted as operations at the Constantine Telepherique has now been halted for 3 days. It is not entirely clear why, but sources suggest that it...
Photographer: Photo by Charlotte Boffetti (profile). About: On every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines for our newest feature: Cable Car Photo of the Week. We hope this will continue to bring more attention to the technology and provide visually impactful examples of cable car systems worldwide. If you’d...
Because it was only a matter of time before one of the world’s most popular and most notoriously violent video game chose to feature a cable car . . . No word yet if it’s possible to fire a rocket launcher while inside the cable car; ride a bicycle on the outside of the cable car or;...
Last week, Steven wrote an interesting post about the psychology of travel decisions for public transit riders. Unlike driving, riding a bus or train tends involve a host of a variables (i.e. ticket price, wait times, transfer times, and dwell times) which ultimately affects a passenger’s decision. One of these factors, price, is probably one 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: A committee in Myanmar’s Karen State is looking to drum up $20 million for a cable car investment on Mount Zwe Ka Bin and so far private sponsors have donated $100,000....
Photographer: Photo by James Honzik (website, flickr). Caption: Two men atop the Portland, Oregon Aerial Tram, as the sun starts to burn away the winter fog. About: Starting today and on every Thursday, the Gondola Project team will select stunning captures of CPT lines for our newest feature: Cable Car Photo of the Week. We...