Not sure where best to post this oddity. While catching up on news about our Noreaster (last night and today), I stumbled on this proposal:
https://www.boston.com/news/lo...ston-seaport-gondola
They aren't even trams like a couple of other cities have, but honest to goodness, swinging in the wind over your head gondolas.
What possibly could go wrong?
Tomlinson Run Railroad
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A LOT! Just ask the People who ride the Randalls Island Cable car! They don't work in:
And Who will be responsible for :
Sounds great but a lot of variable that need to be answered!
There was one proposed for Chicago last year, too.
Rusty
Oh, that kind of gondola!
Who comes up with these off the wall ideas?Don't know about Boston but if it was New York I can bet it would be a disaster...The environmental impact study alone would take decades...
If you have ever been to Boston you will see this is not a bad idea. We recently went to Lisbon and they have this type of Gondola on their waterfront. Very functional and gets alot of use.
Joe - don't know why you think it is off the wall, more like a good option to help people move around congested areas. And if it is shut down occasionally for weather it can join the ranks of airports, trains, and other human transport systems that shut down in bad weather.
Paul
These pictures show Dewey Square in front of South Station, Boston during evening rush hour on February 21, 2018. A great and historic place with large numbers of pedestrians and traffic.
MELGAR
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