San Diego County Supervisor Rob Robert’s vision for a gondola has taken another step forward. Earlier this week, he released a video rendering of the Bay to Balboa Skyway which may one day connect to two of the City’s biggest attractions. Check it out.
| Length (km) | 3.2 |
| Stations | 4 |
| Capacity (pphpd) | 2,400 |
| Est. Ridership | ~1mm |
| Trip Time | 12 minutes |
| Maximum speed (m/s) | 6 |
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Very good video rendering. The first terminal is interesting in that it appears to be an angled midstation at first glance, but actually it’s an angled end terminal. For 2400 pphpd the terminal dwell time / loading/unloading distance doesn’t need to be any longer than a standard terminal, so it’s not immediately clear to me why the end terminal requires an angle, but I suppose it’s due to siting constraints or to give an extra long time to enter and exit the cabins.
Hi, we live in a mountain town and are moving towards a ropeway to the subalpine, and all season recreational area.
We are told that in British Columbia, a ropeway passing over top of a highway is looked at with disdain, and likely will not be approved. Fact or fiction?
There are plenty of examples worldwide, over much and many more busy and numerous causeways(shipping lanes), freeways and roads, is there not?
@ Jay: Yes, there are many examples. For urban gondolas, the Portland Aerial Tram and the Singapore Cable Car both travel over freeways. Singapore’s system also travels over a cruise ship terminal/water. Another really great water crossing system is the Vinpearl Cable Car in Nha Trang, Vietnam which travels over the South China Sea.
For normal people, 6 m/s = 21.6 km/h. Seriously, can you guys stop quoting speeds in m/s? m/s means nothing to most people and its annoying to have to do the conversions every time.
@ EJ: Thanks for the suggestion. Sorry for making you convert. We try to balance the best of both worlds (technical vs “reality”). I’m sure you’ll find that as you do more research, the m/s is quite common in the industry. Hopefully that makes things easier…
@ EJ: Check out the updated map. It now has km/h 😉