Rod Drury's ambitious cable car project has been accepted for the fast-track process by Shane Jones. I thought it was meant to whiz tourists into town, eliminating the need for rental cars? This line suggests otherwise.

"It is expected that the Queenstown Cable car would take up to 3000 passengers an hour each way and be located only 20 minutes’ drive from the airport."

What? The company's map even shows an "Airport Station". How can that be a 20 minute drive from the airport? Who is planning this stuff?

https://archive.ph/HP6KN

#Queenstown #NZ #CableCar

Ref: https://www.queenstowncablecar.com/

From happier times travelling in the USA. Love the sound of the cables being hauled constantly beneath the street.
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Video of the Week: Cable Car Passing https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-of-week-73825231

#SanFrancisco #SF #tram #trams #CableCar

Chiatura, Georgia, is home to a historically fascinating old cable car network. A remarkable and rusty relic of the Soviet era.

Built to connect the steep mining town to the surrounding manganese-rich hillsides. These steel cabins once carried miners, residents and ore across the mountains.

https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/soviet-cable-car-network-chiatura-georgia/

#History #CableCar #Soviet #Abandoned #Rust #Photography #Explore #Travel