The Gondola as public transportation

[wa-loaf]

http://www.thestar.com/news/transpo...-for-answers-a-second-look-at-gondola-transit

I'm down with it! I could also see if installations and production start going up, prices might go down for ski areas. Sugarloaf might finally be able to afford a new gondola! :lol:

 

[ScottySkis]

That be nice way to enjoy a liquid beverage on the way up

 

[deadheadskier]

probably much cheaper to maintain/replace versus a subway. I wonder what the difference in capacity is between running a gondola vs a subway. Wonder how many people per hour the red line moves in Boston for example.

 

[wa-loaf]

probably much cheaper to maintain/replace versus a subway. I wonder what the difference in capacity is between running a gondola vs a subway. Wonder how many people per hour the red line moves in Boston for example.

It doesn't state what the per hour capacity for the subway is, but does beat streetcars and buses in the capacity per hour dept.

I wonder how often cities would be closed due to "wind hold" ... ? LOL

 

[deadheadskier]

guess it's not a good plan for Chicago. That's too bad. A gondy ride to the top of the Sears tower would be pretty cool.

 

[o3jeff]

They should build one along the Mass pike and into Boston.

 

[Smellytele]

They could make the gondolas look like a Flash Gordon spaceship and hold about 100 people each

 

[thetrailboss]

Talisker is using the "reducing traffic" argument for its SkiLink proposal.

www.skilink.com

So far folks seem skeptical.....

 

[deadheadskier]

Talisker is using the "reducing traffic" argument for its SkiLink proposal.

www.skilink.com

So far folks seem skeptical.....

sounds great to me. Hopefully it's a great success and Stowe and Smuggs employ a similar strategy here in the east.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Running a gondola up Spruce Peak and Down MaSterling would be cool. 1 Ticket 2 mountains. I can't see how that wouldn't benefit both.

 

[4aprice]

There's a Tram in NYC. Left people stranded a couple of years ago and was down for quite a while.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[mriceyman]

They fixed the nyc tram... i think gondolas will be everywhere in the future....minimal payroll and more environmental.

 

[abc]

They fixed the nyc tram... i think gondolas will be everywhere in the future....minimal payroll and more environmental.

"More environmental"? Lots of cable all over the place is "more environmental"?

The country that dominated the gondola/cable car business: Switzerland, had reverted back to trains and digging tunnels into the mountain! I wonder why?

 

[mriceyman]

Everything in san fran runs on a cable and it seems a hell of a lot more environmental than gasoline pollution. I may be wrong though.

 

[witch hobble]

Roosevelt Island tram in NYC was a few years older than, but identical to, the current Cannon Mountain Tram. It was replaced a year and a half ago with a brand new, $25 million dollar tram. I remember reading that the cars can operate independently on the new model.

 

[xlr8r]

Portland, Orgeon also has a Tram used as public transportation. It was put up a few years ago

 

[Nick]

I went on a cruise last year and in Roatan at Mahogany Bay they put in a chairlift

http://carnival-news.com/2009/10/26...ts-at-mahogany-beach-cruise-center-in-roatan/

 

[wa-loaf]

Portland, Orgeon also has a Tram used as public transportation. It was put up a few years ago

Tram doesn't seem as appealing to me. You have a bunch of people milling around waiting for the next tram to come. Gondola at least you have a steady stream of folks leaving keeping crowds down.

 

[Cannonball]

Everything in san fran runs on a cable and it seems a hell of a lot more environmental than gasoline pollution. I may be wrong though.

Maybe. What are they powered by?

 

[abc]

Maybe. What are they powered by?

Oil burning power plants