In the United States, gondolas (also known as aerial cable cars) have mainly been proposed and developed as a small transportation line serving a private development, like the one proposed for the new Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Because these gondola systems are only serving a single location, a narrow population and are part of a private, for-profit developer’s project, they have rightly been criticized for lacking a public purpose and even diverting public resources toward private profiteering.
But in Colombia, Germany, Turkey, Algeria and other countries, gondola systems are being celebrated for enhancing urban public transportation systems. In Bolivia, for example, research found that the installation of a mass transit cable car system “expanded school accessibility for low-wealth students and reduced socioeconomic school segregation"
Few examples exist in the U.S. where gondolas have been planned or developed as public transportation. But some of the current needs and constraints on urban transportation in the U.S. provide reason to consider gondolas more seriously as urban transportation and climate solutions.
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