Aerial transit? Branson proposes $130 million gondola project as local area transit option | Springfield News-Leader

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Sat, 10/31/2015 - 1:20pm

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Director of Public Works David Miller has worked for the City of Branson for 25 years. The entire time, he said, the tourist destination in the rolling mountains of the Ozarks has been looking to alleviate the gridlock that can develop on Highway 76, the theater-studded Branson strip. . . .

Now, a new Missouri-based company has proposed a gondola line — think ski lift, not Venice.

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Aerial transit? Branson proposes $130 million gondola project as local area transit option | Springfield News-Leader

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MoBikeFed comment: Could a gondola system be the solution to Branson's downtown congestion woes?

The proposal would have stops every half mile. Gondola cars would be accessible for wheelchairs and bikes.

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