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SkyLink could serve West Transit this decade rather than spending $3.5 billion on a train to nowhere for only 27,000 riders next decade - imagine how much we could improve bike and pedestrian access to our transit system with the savings
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Support for public transportation has never been greater, but. support is not enough. In many parts of the world, public transit projects fail to gain significant ridership, or cost way too much. To solve these problems, we must go deeper.
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Mexico City has a great subway system and is expanding their automated gondola system to connect some of the stations into the hilly and dense neighborhoods - very similar to what we're proposing for West Seattle.
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The Mexico City metro is massive and surprisingly modern, and the city has far more transit to explore, from suburban rail to gondolas! Check out the latest explainer to learn more!
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West Seattle would be one of those places a gondola would make sense.
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Gondolas are probably a favourite transport mode of transit enthusiasts and regular folk alike, and apart from ski resorts and hilly mountainsides, we're starting to see more of them in our cities. But does your city really need a gondola?
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Olmsted had great ambitions for this part of West Seattle:
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He is trying to save trees on Duwamish Head seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/ - WS Link will take them down. Why not let a gondola serve West Seattle, and save half a million ton of carbon?
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We have a climate emergency, , why are we not learning from L.A., Paris, Vancouver, Mexico City to build more sustainable transit? , you're familiar with LA's plans.
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Los Angeles just published their DEIS for the Dodger Stadium / Chinatown / Union Station gondola. estimates WSLE construction will generate 614,000 tons of carbon and take 5 years, LAART.la will take 3,792 tons and take 2 years.
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After Medellin and La Paz, Mexico City has started to build a gondola network, too. It will connect to each other and several metro stations. In West Seattle we could connect High Point, Alki, SS College, the Duwamish Longhouse with light rail stations in Sodo and CID.
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No lo había visto así pero cuando se inaugure la Línea 2 del Mexicable la zona se volverá en la primera red de Teleféricos del país. Conectará con el Mexicable L1 y con su primo Cablebús L1.
Ya me emocioné y quiero hacer el maratón Cuautepec - Tablas del Pozo xD
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The latest gondola technology provides capacity for 8000 people per hour, doors on both sides of the cabin, 3 wires for high wind stability, few towers and compact stations - meets all of West Seattle's needs!
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The Times of London’s Raconteur reported that, “Cable cars are more economical, eco-friendly, 100% electrical, faster to build – and they’re a pleasing means of urban transport for passengers.”
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Cities in Europe, the Middle East, and North America – are building on gondola successes in South America, that with light rail network and bus networks, and connect underserved neighborhoods with significantly less destruction and carbon output from construction than light rail.
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The DEIS estimates that the WSLE will generate 614,000 tons of carbon during its construction, the equivalent of 1.5 billion gas-vehicle miles. SkyLink construction would require far less carbon.
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ST3's sustainability budget purpose is to “pursue innovative sustainability features and approaches … as industry best practices and national standards continue to evolve.” Why not use it to study SkyLink instead of reallocating budget?
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Mira Mesa in San Diego has a plan: increase housing by 50,000 units and make it pedestrian focused and serve it by gondola.
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"Cable cars are more economical, eco-friendly, 100% electrical, faster to build – and they’re a pleasing means of urban transport for passengers" raconteur.net/sustainability reports
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About social equity: Light rail would only serve the least diverse WS neighborhoods, most POC will have to do multiple transfers. If ST would extend LR along Duwamish, gondolas could serve High Point, White Center, Westwood -- everybody instead of a few privileged.
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So why is it "bad social equity for people in the White Center and Delridge areas to catch a gondola mid-route" but ok for them to wait 10min for the next light rail train which may already be full, ? on:
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Wouldn't it be nice to take your bike on the SkyLink gondola if you don't want to climb up to the Junction?
Happy Bike Month!
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Happy Bike Month everyone
Did you know that you will be able to bring your bicycles on board? Our cabins will be large enough for several bikes & the seats lift. This can help a multimodal shift, providing more all-season transportation options.
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Did you know that you will be able to bring your bicycles on board? Our cabins will be large enough for several bikes & the seats lift. This can help a multimodal shift, providing more all-season transportation options.
#prairieskygondola #yeg
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you were ahead of your time. An urban gondola connector is due to come on line in Paris in 2025. LA Metro is moving forward with LA Aerial Rapid Transit that will connect Dodger Stadium with Union Station and three underserved communities.
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Sound Transit is proposing a light rail feeder to connect West Seattle with the SODO Station. Property could be condemned that would result in the loss of hundreds of dwelling units and dozens of businesses. Here are some of the businesses in harm’s way of a light rail feeder.
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An urban gondola has been approved to bring commuters into Paris. The urban gondola feeds into a tram line (light rail). The gondola is preferred because it does not condemn residences and businesses in its path and it is inexpensive to install.
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Aerial gondola systems are in the planning stages for LA, San Diego, Pittsburgh and Vancouver, BC. All of these systems have something in common with West Seattle—-steep hills.
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How is it that it costs $3.2B to bring light rail to West Seattle but with an aerial gondola system the cost is $2B+ less. To a significant extent this is because getting to the Junction in West Seattle involves traversing very steep hills. @seattlekim
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The preferred route for the West Seattle Light Rail Extension will wipe out Jefferson Square, which has 38 businesses. Safeway, Bartell Drugs, Highline Physical Therapy and West Seattle Animal Hospital are located there. Close by LA Fitness and Trader Joe’s are impacted.
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Sound Transit and the City of Kirkland are undertaking a project to connect Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) with light rail. To increase ridership the City is considering a three station gondola system that will join the 85th Street Station with downtown.
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The Cities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater, Florida are undertaking a feasibility study for the deployment of an aerial gondola system.
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The SkyLink gondola would avoid the destruction of the major stores and many homes in West Seattle while providing higher frequency transit sooner for less money.
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The preferred route for the West Seattle Light Rail Extension will wipe out Jefferson Square, which has 38 businesses. Safeway, Bartell Drugs, Highline Physical Therapy and West Seattle Animal Hospital are located there. Close by LA Fitness and Trader Joe’s are impacted.
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What's Seattle doing to electrify transit? Wait until light rail reaches West Seattle by 2032 and generate more carbon for a ton of concrete and steel for its construction???
SkyLink could electrify West Seattle by 2026 with far smaller carbon footprint.
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A new report from the UN’s top body of climate scientists is warning that temperatures will go beyond a key danger point unless countries worldwide cut greenhouse emissions faster than they are currently committed to doing. st.news/3DDjToY
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A light rail to West Seattle would interfere with the herony at the West Duwamish Greenbelt, SkyLink would allow these great birds to prosper.
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The group does cleanup and planting projects in heron territory, and also branched into tracking the numbers of herons and how well the birds were faring. st.news/3tTPVKo
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Medellin was one of the first cities recognizing the advantage of urban gondolas, by now many cities in the Americas, Asia, and now increasingly Europe (Turkey, Israel, France, Russia, Germany...) are building urban gondolas to bring transit to dense urban areas, is Seattle next?
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Remember this one? Still relevant.
3 Reasons We Should Pay Attention to Medellín:
Medellín has been called the world’s most innovative city, took back the city's public realm, found simple solutions to complex problems, & emphasized a ‘City for Life.’ planetizen.com/node/68318
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This new urban gondola in Haifa, Israel looks absolutely epic. Six different stations with some crazy turns. t.co/RowLkDEVH6
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More cities are using urban gondolas to provide zero carbon, accessible, and high frequency transit along its dense corridors. Will Seattle hills and waterways be next?
fastcompany.com/90725056/how-u @dismobility
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Kansas City is considering a gondola over the Kansas River, when will consider one over the Duwamish to serve West Seattle? simagazin.com/en/si-urban-en
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The Sound Transit's WSB DEIS claims: "research indicates that there are adequate opportunities for most residents and businesses to successfully relocate within the project vicinity" - wait did we just eliminate Seattle's housing crisis?
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The problem isn’t that the stations are too deep or high—it is that they aren’t deep or high enough! With a little more escalator we could nearly eliminate the train segment altogether
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Plans for the West Seattle and Ballard Link extensions include incredibly deep and high stations. These are very problematic for rider access and experience. Stephen Fesler argues that ST needs to take a mulligan and adopt new design principles.
Op-ed: theurbanist.org/2022/01/31/dea
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Current land use isn't working, transit is the only viable option. It starts with buses, but to keep operational cost and emissions low, automated rail and gondola solutions are necessary.
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Saturday morning read: A suburban Mayor makes the case that current land use and transportation planning is not working and why. (Long 
There’s an unrolled link partway down the comments). twitter.com/electmasont/st…
There’s an unrolled link partway down the comments). twitter.com/electmasont/st…Vancouver is moving forward with gondola for frequent transit up the hill to SFU - more reliable and cheaper to build and operate than any alternative. Why not study it for West Seattle, ?
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BREAKING... #BurnabyBC City Council has confirmed its official support for Route 1 of #TransLink's Burnaby Mountain Gondola to #SFU.
- fastest travel time: 6 mins
- lowest construction cost: $210M
- lowest impacts
- 3,000 passengers per hour
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These huge bridge structures require tons of concrete and therefore will have a huge carbon footprint. How long will it take to offset the carbon used during construction?!? SkyLink would require far less destruction and construction, consume less energy, and be available sooner.
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For the same cost, we could not only serve the same stations by gondola but extend light rail to South Park to serve Southwest Seattle, get us to the airport more often and faster and it would allow for an extension to Renton later.
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