#Oakland Airport Connector

May 23, 2014
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: Cable Car for Cebu City Proposed by Doppelmayr

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas and cable propelled transit: The world’s largest manufacturer of ropeway systems, Doppelmayr, has proposed an urban cable car  for Cebu City in the Philippines. It has been reported that a BRT system has been deferred...

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Feb 20, 2013
Oakland Airport Connector

Pictures: Oakland Airport Connector Construction Update – February 2013

Construction of the Oakland Airport Connector is well underway and continues to make headway. Thanks to one of our readers, Steven Dorst, we have some new pictures of the construction progress thus far. Check it out.     Thanks again to Steven Dorst for allowing us to share the pictures. If you have any questions...

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Jan 18, 2013
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: More on Chicago’s Cable Cars

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: Chicago Historian, Greg Borzo documents Chicago’s extensive history with cable car technology in his new book Chicago Cable Cars. Want more Chicago Cable Cars? Read about our own concept for a Chicago...

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Dec 02, 2011
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup:

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...

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Jun 20, 2011
Economics

Is Public Transportation 340% More Expensive Than It Needs To Be?

Cable Propelled Transit systems could prove a boon to public transportation scholars and researchers because the technology’s curious history could open up the ‘black box’ of public transportation funding in the developed world and throw into question our entire model of how we build things that move other things. Because cable has a long history...

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Jul 30, 2010
Oakland Airport Connector

Oakland Update

So apparently the Oakland Airport Connector will proceed. The resurrection of the OAC had been reported on widely earlier this month, but those reports were somewhat premature. The project would not proceed unless a new funding plan was blessed by the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART’s) board of directors. Progressive Railroading, however, is now reporting that...

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Jul 16, 2010
Oakland Airport Connector

Oakland Airport Connector Back From The Dead

This is getting absurd: In December of 2009, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) announced that the Oakland Airport Connector would be a cable-propelled transit system. This was a major victory for cable as the bids pitted cable technology provided by Poma and Doppelmayr against standard self-propelled technologies provided by Bombardier and Mitsubishi. That cable came...

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