Macguire, E. (2014, September 18). Skypods: Are gondolas the next big thing in urban transport? Retrieved February 27, 2015, from CNN News website: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/13/business/skypods-gondolas-urban-transport/index.html#em0

 

In cities such as Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, “servicing the people with reliable transit service has long proven difficult.” La Paz is one of the highest cities in the world with “bus journeys that are only a few miles long, but take up to an hour during busy periods.” Yet a $235 million system of mass transportation is being set into place consisting of “three separate service lines stretching across a combined 10.7 kilometer area of the city.” This will be considerably less expensive than building a railway or subway, take up less space, and cause the least amount of chaos. This gondola system will reduce the time spent traveling from city to city, reduce pollution, and increase efficiency.

This article relates to environmental science because it shows how transportation in urban areas is developing to increase mobility and efficiency from place to place. For metropolis cities like La Paz, this new system of public transportation, gondolas, is cost efficient for the city and citizens, saves people half the regular travel time during periods of high traffic, and will have tremendous results in saving the environment. I think this gondola system will have dramatic effects for the citizens living in La Paz, and will benefit the city in so many ways.