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Apr 25, 2014
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: Geneva to Study Urban Cable Car Options

  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 Metrocable in Medellin has inspired the Minister for Transport, Environment and Agriculture in Geneva (Switzerland) to start drafting a cable car system for his own city. However, this is apparently not...

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Dec 14, 2012
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: A Solution to Seattle’s Montlake Mess

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 Mariche Metrocable in Caracas, Venezuela is officially inaugurated. A neighbourhood blog in Seattle suggests using urban gondolas as a solution to the local “Montlake Mess” transport problem. Politicians in London...

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Oct 05, 2012
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup: A Cable Car In Groningen?

A quick look at some of the things that happened this week in the world of cable cars, urban gondolas, and cable propelled transit: CUP’s own Steven Dale was in Groningen, The Netherlands this week to help kick off plans for that city’s urban gondola system; FlyOver Groningen. Government officials and businesses come out in...

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Mar 08, 2012
Thoughts

Urban Gondolas, Seattle, First Movers, Second Movers, Prisoners & Panspermia

Over at Seattle Transit Blog they’re having quite a lively debate about the merits (or demerits) of Matt Roewe’s proposed urban gondola system for Seattle. Of the myriad of comments (most of which are incredibly well-thought out and reasoned), one in particular jumped out at me: “Unfortunately, we do not want to be the first...

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Feb 24, 2012
Weekly Roundup

Weekly Roundup – Capitol Hill Urban Gondola Proposal

Let’s take a quick look at some of the highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas, Gondola Transit, and Cable Propelled Transit. An extremely interesting and well-thought out urban gondola proposal has emerged from Seattle, Washington on citytank.org. It looks to connect several popular destinations to the city’s waterfront. Montreal Gazette reports that the...

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Sep 22, 2011
Proposals & Concepts, Seattle Gondola

Gondola Transit in Seattle?

Frequent commenter Matt The Engineer has thrown his hat into the ring for an urban gondola transit system in Seattle, Washington. He outlines his concept at Citytank.org: Let’s take a sample Seattle route with 3 stops. Seattle Center to South Lake Union to Capitol Hill near light rail. Each of these neighborhoods is separated by...

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