A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Urban Zoo Cable Car Concept (Halle, Germany) Halle, a city of 230,000 in the Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state, invited three ropeway manufacturers to further examine its cable car concept. Plans are...
— — A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: The Green Line (Linea Verde) in La Paz-El Alto officially opened for service yesterday. If that’s not exciting enough, President Evo Morales announced that contracts for 5 more urban...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of urban gondolas, cable cars and cable propelled transit: Chilean president Michelle Bachelet recently announced the country’s ambitious Public Transit Infrastructure Investment Plan (Plan de Inversiones en Infraestructura del Transporte Público). Fourteen major transportation measures were reported, including the implementation of...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit: In just a few weeks time (August 24 to be exact), residents of Hamburg, Germany will visit the polls to vote for or against an urban cable car. If the referendum...
A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Organizers for the 2017 International Garden Show in Berlin have finally found an investor for its cable car. The system will be built entirely with private funds and will take...
Do you remember the piano stairs in Sweden that got people to choose the stairs over the escalator? And not just some people, but 66% more people. That’s because while taking the escalator is easier than climbing the stairs, playing a piano with your feet is infinitely more fun than standing on a stair that...
Jan sends along this interesting lead: I’d like to point you to a tiny CPT that once operated in my hometown Kiel (Germany), as it seems there are no English sources about it and it might be of interest for you. It was a landmark and attraction in town as it was quite unique....
Last week a German paraglider crashed into the cables of a Bavarian gondola. The incident trapped 20 people in the gondola for 17 hours overnight. There were no injuries or fatalities and all parties were rescued via helicopter. Does this mean gondolas are unsafe? No. It means accidents happen. For example: During the Christmas season...