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Feb 20, 2013
Oakland Airport Connector

Pictures: Oakland Airport Connector Construction Update – February 2013

Construction of the Oakland Airport Connector is well underway and continues to make headway. Thanks to one of our readers, Steven Dorst, we have some new pictures of the construction progress thus far. Check it out.     Thanks again to Steven Dorst for allowing us to share the pictures. If you have any questions...

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Jul 20, 2012
London Cable Car, Maokong Taipei, Oakland Airport Connector, Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: New Metro Cable in India?

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: This is a system we’ve not yet heard about, but apparently, there are already eight firms bidding for the right to install a new “Metro Cable” system in Shillong, India. This...

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Jul 30, 2010
Oakland Airport Connector

Oakland Update

So apparently the Oakland Airport Connector will proceed. The resurrection of the OAC had been reported on widely earlier this month, but those reports were somewhat premature. The project would not proceed unless a new funding plan was blessed by the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART’s) board of directors. Progressive Railroading, however, is now reporting that...

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Jul 16, 2010
Oakland Airport Connector

Oakland Airport Connector Back From The Dead

This is getting absurd: In December of 2009, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) announced that the Oakland Airport Connector would be a cable-propelled transit system. This was a major victory for cable as the bids pitted cable technology provided by Poma and Doppelmayr against standard self-propelled technologies provided by Bombardier and Mitsubishi. That cable came...

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Dec 12, 2009
Analysis, Cable Cars, Oakland Airport Connector, Research Issues, Thoughts, Urban Planning & Design

Why Cable Propelled Transit Was Chosen In Oakland

As I mentioned yesterday, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) agency announced on Thursday that the Oakland Airport Connector would be a Cable Propelled Transit system. This was a major breakthrough by a cable technology as it competed head-to-head with two other self-propelled transit technologies and won. One of the reasons cited by BART for...

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Dec 11, 2009
Analysis, Cable Cars, Oakland Airport Connector, Urban Planning & Design

Oakland Airport Connector

Yesterday morning, Bay Area Rapid Transit announced their selection of of the Parsons/Flatiron group to build the Oakland Airport Connector. This is a significant announcement for Cable Propelled Transit (CPT) because  the transit technology selected for the installation will be a cable system designed and built by Doppelmayr Cable Car. The reason this is so...

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