Why trudge through gridlocked traffic when you can gracefully glide above it?
This article explores the surprising rise of gondolas—not the romantic Venetian kind, but sleek, high-tech cable cars—as a solution to modern urban transportation challenges.
Although adoption in the U.S. has been slow, cities like Medellín and La Paz have already turned these aerial caravans into everyday transit options, connecting remote neighborhoods and scaling the steepest challenges (literally).
It’s an innovative twist on public transport that’s faster, cheaper, and arguably way cooler than a packed subway car.
Gondolas may seem like an odd idea for urban transit, but they are uniquely strong in meeting these criteria. They provide transportation that is extremely frequent (a cabin leaves as often as every 12 seconds), fast (they don’t have to stop for any traffic signals or traffic), and reliable—three of the primary factors that researchers have found determine people’s choices to use transit over driving. Because gondolas run on electricity and do not use batteries, they can use 100% renewable energy.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91236860/gondola-public-transportation
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