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• The Little Cottonwood Canyon traffic mitigation plan selected the gondola as the preferred alternative and is exploring adding a toll to both Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and other state transportation agencies are currently studying alternative toll methods to mitigate the existing traffic congestion and future traffic volumes. As of now no decision has been made, but the toll cost would be directly intertwined with the gondola and public transit fares. See a related Weekly Roundup here.
• The city of Cebu in the Philippines has a proposed cable car that will be presented at the first mobility submit. The project is called the Aerial Ropeway Transit (ART) which is intended to connect downtown to the hinterlands to help mitigate traffic in these areas. Similar to Singapore, the cable car is expected to give the city a sense of modernization and boost tourism. This is not the first time a cable car has been proposed in Cebu; one was also considered in 1997, 2005, 2007, and 2014.
• The history of the beloved South Africa cable car, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, has been well documented via photography, from its inception in 1929 til modern times. With locals and tourists fond of this system, there are great pictures of every generation of the tram. The tram has been accident free since opening, even with its first cabin having minimal safety requirements, allowing doors being able to open at any time along the ride. By 1958, the second generation was able to move 23 passengers up the mountain in 8 minutes. Today’s generation has a rotating cabin that moves 65 passengers in 5 minutes. These incredible images show the evolution of the tram technology over the almost 100 years it has been in operation.