This is How You Install a 50-ton Cable
Gore Mountain installs a new cable for the Northwoods Gondola If you are curious about the process of changing a 50-ton gondola cable, check this out! We’re always working hard to make your mountain...
View ArticleReaction: Cable Cars Are Changing the World
It’s no secret that with the rise of the 24-hour news cycle and the collapse of advertising revenues, journalistic standards and intellectual rigour have been on the decline across the publishing...
View ArticleSmall Swiss Ropeways Threatened
— To many visitors and locals, aerial ropeways are considered an integral part of Switzerland’s cultural identity. Since the country’s first cable driven system was built in 1866, Switzerland has...
View Article5 Top Urban Gondola (and Ropeway Related) Stories in 2017
The last 12 months has been an another eventful year for urban gondola systems and ropeway technology in general. La Paz’s continued expansion of its massive gondola network combined with a flurry of...
View ArticleNext-Gen Gondola Education: Virtual Reality and 360° Videos
— Perhaps it’s a little hard to imagine nowadays, but nine years ago when we first started this blog, easily accessible information on urban gondolas was difficult to find. Valuable materials were...
View ArticleNostalgic Carrier Designs
Many modern urban ropeways and their manufacturers are easily recognizable based purely from their cabin designs. For instance, monocable detachable gondolas (MDGs) built by Doppelmayr use the OMEGA...
View ArticlePhotos: Annual Safety Training and Evacuation Exercises in Grenoble
Aerial ropeways are amongst the safest, if not the safest forms of transport in the world. For those who work with cable transport, they will personally understand and acknowledge that there is a...
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Old School Fare Infographic: Singapore Cable Car
The Singapore Cable Car is quite the urban gondola and is known for being a pioneer in many regards. To name a few: it was the first to cross a major harbour, the first to have a glass bottom floor...
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Google Transit View: Rail, Subway, Airports and… Cable Cars!
We briefly interrupt our scheduled Photo of the Week with an exciting new development from Google. Starting today, the search engine will let users preview dozens of major global transit locations...
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Improving Transit Culture – Cultivating A Sense of Ownership and Pride
Post by Mauricio Miranda. For years, we have witnessed the rise of cable car technology as a game changer in the realm of urban transportation. And in some cities, certain transit agencies are now...
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