What better way to see fall foliage than from above in an aerial tram. The Alyeska Aerial Tram in Alaska has spectacular views all year round. The system takes you to the top of Mount Alyeska where there is food, views, and trails. The system rises 3,869 feet at 26 miles per hour. The annual...
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...
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) announced their preferred transit alternative is the gondola for Little Cottonwood Canyon. 3S gondolas, also known as tricable detachable gondola (TDG), are highly reliable because they can handle harsher weather conditions. A 3S has two track ropes with the sole purpose of stabilizing the cabins and one propulsion cable. It’s estimated...
Construction of the $35 million gondola at Grouse Mountain in British Columbia, Canada, is expected to begin in early September. The monocable detachable gondola (MDG) is intended to be the replacement of the existing aerial tram, Blue Skyride, which is no longer operational to the public. The new gondola will improve the connection from the parking lot to the...
The Prairie Sky Gondola project in Edmonton has been cancelled. City council voted 12 to one to terminate the city’s agreement with Prairie Sky Gondola due to several reasons, including the financial risk to the city and the idea of building on the Rossdale Burial Site. The opposition believes the project can still advance if...
The pulse gondola system for the Eaglecrest Ski Area is in transit and set to arrive at the beginning of September. All the pieces were loaded and traveled the two-day road trip from Austria to Antwerp, Belgium and are now on a sea voyage to the Lower 48. Once they arrive, the containers will take a...
Transport for London’s (TfL) £36m contract with global airline Emirates for its east London’s cable car has ended. The multi-million pound contract was a 10-year branding sponsorship that helped offset capital costs and operating & maintenance costs. The total capital cost of the project was £60m. The MDG system, formerly known as The Emirates Air Line, connects Greenwich’s O2...
Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) will receive a federal grant to help fund a transit study. The study is set to investigate a new corridor known as NEXTransit, which will connect Oakland’s neighborhoods to its universities and hospitals. The study will look into several transit options that will integrate into the existing bus and light rail...
NOTE: An earlier version of this post originally appeared on December 4th, 2009 (yup, that’s over 7 years ago, kids). At that time, the report “City of Hamilton Higher Order Transit Network Strategy” was available online. Unfortunately, it is no longer available. Sometimes we don’t know what we don’t know and that’s really nobody’s fault....
I recently met someone who disapproves of this whole Urban Gondola concept – which is fine, you’re entitled to your own opinion. He said it’s hard enough to get his grandmother to ride the subway (because she finds it terrifying), let alone a gondola. According to The Grandmother Test (yeah, it should be called that)...