A quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: An architectural review of the little known but beautifully constructed Teleferico de Gaia CPT system in Portugal. The Zagreb Funicular – one of the world’s shortest (66m) – has been operating without a permit...
More photos uploaded by users on Flickr showing the construction progression of the Emirates Air Line (Cable Car) in London. For more pictures, a new thread on Skyscrapercity has been started to document its development.
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: New 3S gondola project (in Italian) is being proposed in Plose, Italy. It’s expected to connect the city center and a railway station to serve both tourists and skiers. Seems that little information is available in English, any additional...
The Londonist has a photo from Transport for London of the first completed tower for the forthcoming Emirates Air-Line. According to the Londonist, the tower is the shortest of the three but – even still – is over 60 meters high! Now it’s incredibly hard to make any comments on the aesthetics of something merely...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: The Londonist gives the low down on the branding of the London Thames Cable Car (Emirates Air-Line) now on London Tube maps. Mountain Village, Colorado takes over a campaign to “green” the Telluride Gondola. Controversy erupts over plans to...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: The Darjeeling Ropeway in India is set to reopen this weekend after a long hiatus following a fatal accident in 2003. Also in India, the AP Tourism Development Corporation is proposing a ropeway for the Kanakadurga Temple, a famous Hindu...
Skyscrapercity has a whole slew of new images from the London Cable Car / Emirates Air Line. Well worth taking a look here. (Sorry for the brief/late post today – it’s been a very busy day!)
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: Oakland North has an interesting look at whether or not the stated job-creation benefits of the Oakland Airport Connector have occurred. Considering how controversial the OAC has been, it’s a refreshingly (and surprisingly) well-balanced report. Valparaiso, Chile to officially...