A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit (admittedly, not that much this week):
- Santiago, Chile announces an open tender to rehabilitate and upgrade an old 3 station gondola system in Metropolitan Park. (Google Translated from Spanish to English or the original Spanish.)
- India’s Himachal Pradesh state announces plans for six new ropeway projects arranged under a PPP agreement with whatever qualified bidder is selected.
- A proposal pops up in Pantai Damai, Borneo for a cable car river crossing. The project, is merely an idea, but is being thought of as a way to turn the area into a “tourist haven.”
- The Drakensberg region of South Africa debates the merits of a proposed cable car project in an environmentally and historically sensitive area.
- The Olympic flame continues its journey to London via a trip on the Heights of Abraham Cable Car because that doesn’t seem like a dangerous idea at all.