The Gatlinburg Aerial Tramway in Tennessee will temporarily close later this month for a multimillion-dollar facelift. The project is estimated to cost $4.5 million. The major updates for the tramway include the replacement of the 1973 track ropes and switching to an AC drive with a variable frequency controller. Cosmetic improvements are also planned for...
Mexico City inaugurated the first segment of the Cablebús aerial tramway. The 1.7 kilometer section of the Cablebús began operating on March 4. An additional section is still under construction, but once completed the public transit system is expected to serve 48,000 people daily. The cable car reduces an hour commute to 30 minutes. See a related Weekly Roundup here....
After the cables were cut for a second time a couple months ago, Sea to Sky Gondola recently received the technical investigation report. The investigation analyzed the damaged equipment which includes the haul rope, gondola cabins, and towers. Several of the components will need to be replaced. The police investigation is ongoing. Arizona Snowbowl is preparing to...
Park City, Utah is considering an aerial gondola network. The City hired private consultants to conduct a preliminary feasibility study to explore connecting four major locations via a gondola. One of the central goals in Park City’s Vision 2020 is transportation innovation. The system’s capital cost is estimated to be $64 million with an operations and maintenance...
Gondola Project’s Steven Dale, Principal and Urban Planner, has been busy! He was recently a guest on The Rice Report to talk the benefits aerial transit could bring to a community. Watch the full episode below.
Gondola Project’s own Steven Dale, Urban Planner, and Jim Fletcher, Cable Car Design Engineer, are in the Philippines this week to talk about the possibility of implementing cable car systems there.
A proposed cable car to one of the highest peaks of Mount Seorak in northeast South Korea has both supporters and opponents. The project has seen many design variations since its original conception back in 1995. Supporters of the project see it as a way to reduce foot traffic on eroding trails and boost local...
A couple of weeks ago Gondola Project founder, Steven Dale was flown by CBS News to Mexico City to explore and comment on that city’s Mexicable cable-propelled transit system and discuss the current state of cable car technology. That interview and segment will air as a part of CBS News’ primetime special NO EXIT! tonight...
Business Insider recently reported on CetraRuddy principal architect Eugene Flotteron’s plan for a cable car system blanketing New York City. The plan is the usual mishmash of a “grand vision” without a shred of technical validity. The plan envisions 35 person cabins departing every 15-20 seconds to deliver 5,000 pphpd while travelling at 30 mph...
After the cable was installed earlier this year in September, construction works have been progressing steadily for the Brown Line (Spanish: Línea Café) — La Paz’s 9th urban gondola and third final cable car. Local reports suggest the upcoming rapid transit system will be open for passenger service by January 2019. If all goes according...