Shelbyville ideas

posted Aug 15, 2017 at 12:44 PM

The New York Times hops on the gondola storyline (departing every 10 minutes!), looking at potential projects around the country, including the proposed Albany-Rensselaer gondola. The ridership number mentioned in the NYT article for the project here -- 3,000 per hour -- is, um, optimistic. (Though we wonder if that number is the upper-end capacity and not the projected ridership.) [NYT]

Earlier: How we all ended up talking about a gondola between downtown Albany and the train station

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Monorail!

... said Alex on Aug 15, 2017 at 12:50 PM | link

How about hang-glider rentals? Probably cheaper...

... said Ellen on Aug 15, 2017 at 5:06 PM | link

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