Urban gondola alignments under study for Le Havre. Image from paris-normandie.fr.
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit:
- Le Havre, a French city of 250,000, is currently studying the feasibility of building a network of urban cable cars. The report is scheduled for completion by the end of this year. Two to three different alignments are now under examination which would link up places such as Jacques-Monod Hospital, the center of Montivilliers, Jenner, and an industrial area.
- Young people and artists are now reclaiming the rooftop spaces along Linea Amarilla (Line Yellow) in La Paz. They have began the process of painting and beautifying the roofs after companies starting placing ads on top.
- After seeing the Montjuic Cable Car, Roman Onderka, the mayor of Brno was inspired build an urban cable car in the Czech Republic’s second largest city. The system is proposed to connect the Faculty of Medicine at Bohunice (in the southwest of the city) to the Pisarky tramway (in the northwest of Výstaviště) within 5 minutes. If he is re-elected, he believes the system can be complete in 4 years.
- Last week Chinese citizens flooded major domestic tourist destinations during their National Holiday. Pictures show eager tourists lining up for their chance to ride the Huashan Mountain Cable Car.
- Student designers from India’s M.S. Ramaiah University have reimagined and redesigned the cable car for the year 2030. Futuristic models were created and submitted to the PACE Forum Design Competition. (Big thanks to Guenther for the link!)