New London Tube Map (With Emirates Air Line). Image via The Unfogger.
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit:
- The Londonist gives the low down on the branding of the London Thames Cable Car (Emirates Air-Line) now on London Tube maps.
- Mountain Village, Colorado takes over a campaign to “green” the Telluride Gondola.
- Controversy erupts over plans to create a Canyons-to-Solitudes “SkiLink” in Utah.
- Petone, New Zealand City Council is exploring an urban gondola system up Wainuiomata Hill.
- Parti au Service du Citoyen leader Robert Bordeleau comes out against plans for an urban gondola in the Montreal suburb of Laval calling it a ‘gimmick’ and branding the city ‘Disney Laval.’
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Petone is a suburb of Hutt City, a part of the Wellington Metro area.
Before I learnt of the proposed gondola up the hill, which is only a small footnote, not really anything well planned, I came up with a proposal, which I’m going to say is way more practical, to Wainuiomata.
http://wellingtoncycleways.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/a-proposal-for-an-aerial-gondola-linking-wainuiomata-to-days-bay/