Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. And while – like many families – I celebrated the occasion yesterday, I just wanted to take a few minutes and reflect upon what is perhaps my favourite holiday of them all. The beauty of Thanksgiving is this: No gifts, no fuss, no worship. Just a big meal with friends and...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: Jarrett Walker of Human Transit indulges in a little bit of “technology fetishism” by profiling the Wellington Cable Car. Provincial Member of Parliament Kennedy Stewart indicates that he will launch his own public consultation process in regards to the...
As of this week, The Gondola Project will discontinue posting on Saturdays and Sundays. Recent developments and a large surge in readership have caused us to rethink our strategy and focus on high-quality posts during the prime readership days of Monday through Friday. We’re hoping this will result in a shift from quantity to quality...
Having just recently witnessed the Pilatus Bahn, I’d have to say the question is no longer “are gondolas compatible with urban residential uses.” Maybe instead the question should be phrased as “how are gondolas compatible with urban residential uses?” And I’d be willing to go out on a limb here and say it’s just a...
Yesterday I asked readers what this system was and why it was important: It’s the Pilatus Bahn in Central Switzerland and is interesting for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, as was the case yesterday, time restricts me from getting too deeply into it. Maybe readers could fill in some of the blanks until tomorrow.
Not a lot of time today for a post today, but I did want to start off this week with something a little more than interesting: Now then . . . Where is it? Better yet, why should we care? The answer tomorrow.
A quick look at some of the things that make walking and riding transit work (or not): Year when humans started walking: 1.5 million years ago Year when walking became a sport: 19th century (1801-1900) Year when most North Americans forgot how to walk: Post WWII Percentage of Americans not meeting 30 minute a...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit: The summary report of the Phase II Public Consultation regarding the Burnaby Mountain Gondola is now available from Translink here. Alternatively, you can also download it direct from The Gondola Project by clicking here. Continuing with Burnaby Mountain, a local...
Next week Nick, Julia and I will be rehabilitating, refurbishing and revamping The Gondola Project. While the site continues to experience a growing readership and subscriber base, there’s simply too many usability issues. We want to make the site as useful and easy for people as possible and it just isn’t right now. Three things...
Rendering of a potential urban gondola station in Bucharest, Romania. Reports surfaced yesterday about plans for an urban gondola transit system in Bucharest, Romania. If the reports are true, the system will be one of the most ambitious and robust Cable Propelled Transit systems the world has ever seen. The system would be 10 km...