Interesting find, looks like gravity grips, ie they have no physical clamping on/off the cable, just sit on it relying on the weight of the carrier to keep it there.

An update on the running costs of the Boris Bubble ...

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"£6 million ... in first year"

Time for an update about London's non-ski-racked gondola - wow, it's been a year and a half ...

Thames cable car fares income 35 per cent lower than predicted
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... since the London Olympics (and beginning of this thread).

Maybe gondolas are more popular when they go up mountains.



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With the height of those towers some pretty interesting terrain could be crossed. Never mind bringing back the Kessock ferry for a park and ride into Inverness, that thing would be pretty epic across between North Kessock and River Ness !!

Unusual 'high wire act' on the Boris Bubble this morning ...

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Four years snow since the 'Boris Bubble' was built ...

... and traffic numbers remain low. So ...

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Update on the above.
Alcohol will be served on the bubble ... which is interesting, because it's strictly banned on any other element of London's transport network!

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Shocking state of affairs but I aint shocked... The drug dealing scum that peddle that toxic shite have their wee pooh stained fingers in every crevice of government...

I would have thought their sponsors would have said something " Stop selling shite drugs on our gondola or we'll send ower isis along wi aw the weapons you fuds gave them " or something like that...