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• Translink received nearly 13,000 responses during the first phase of public engagement for a gondola in Burnaby, Canada. The results showed 85% of people supported the project. However, 65% of respondents from Forest Grove, the area which the gondola would travel over, disapproved of the project. Translink is preparing for a second round of engagement before selecting an alignment. See a related Weekly Roundup here. SCJ Alliance, the parent company of the Gondola Project, is part of this project.

• In Utah, a study showed the proposed Park City gondola alignment would affect several properties. The preliminary feasibility study revealed 338 private properties are within a 100-foot corridor of the alignment and 25 buildings are within a 70-foot corridor. Park City leaders are looking for a solution to their current transit issues. See a related Weekly Roundup here.

• A 6 km cable car will serve the growing community of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The outskirts of the city have been steadily growing into semi-urban settlements resulting in transit challenges. Leitner Poma is supplying the cable car equipment and a French engineering company will design the foundations and stations. The system will have three stations and a total of 122 cabins.

• Excavation for the Jerusalem cable car is expected to begin before the High Court’s decision on November 22. In July, the court ordered factual details be submitted that support the claim it will boost tourism. The cable car, which would run between West Jerusalem and the Old City, would travel 1.4 km with 73 cabins and have the capacity to move 3,000 people per hour (pph). The Jerusalem Development Authority and the Ministry of Tourism have raised $54.4 million for the project. See a related Weekly Roundup here.