Aerial gondolas from rossford to toledo

my proposed comment for this thread:
http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/213067/27Jul2017/The_Gondolas_of_Rossford

i decided that it wasn't worth it to post the comment. who cares?

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it's aerial.

here's the blade editorial:

http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2017/07/27/Rossford-s-idea-for-aerial-gondolas-out-of-the-box-needed.html

from the editorial:

Rossford Mayor Neil MacKinnon wants aerial gondolas to run from the city’s planned entertainment district to Toledo’s downtown and popular areas.

“I’m not proposing to build something on the moon or under the sea. I want to take the technology that is already out there and bring it to Toledo,” Mr. MacKinnon said. “With the momentum from ProMedica moving downtown, I think we should seize the day. Be bold, and don’t be afraid to fail."

hold on there, chief.

when aerial gondolas cross the frozen maumee river on a windy wintry day, i think that you should be concerned about failure.

the burros would be safer and maybe faster.

unless people live near the starting point of the aerial gondola in rossford, the travelers will need a ride or will need to drive to the starting point.

i lived in downtown rossford for many years. it was only about a seven minute drive from downtown rossford to downtown toledo.

this area is not sprawling like atlanta or chicago.

from the blade editorial:

The idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Medellin, Colombia, has transformed itself with cable cars that tower over the city and link up with the city’s trains.

pretty cool. bring them on. figure out some scam to steal money from the citizens to fund the project.

but with the way the city of toledo fails to keep roads passable in some parts of the city, i don't think that i would trust toledo with the safety of an aerial gondola.

the burros would be the ideal mode of transportation on some toledo roads. jeep-branded burros.

back to medellín. because of the netflix show narcos, i will always think of pablo escobar when i read about medellín.

according to wikipedia, medellín's population is 2.4 million people. its metro population is 3.7 million.

more from the blade editorial:

Bolivia built a six-mile-long cable-car system that connects La Paz to a nearby city in the mountains.

population for La Paz: 877,363. metro is 2.3 million.

it connected to a mountain. that's interesting. we have the maumee bay sledding hill.

Other urban gondola systems are used in Hong Kong, Turkey, and Singapore.

I'm pretty sure that Hong Kong and Singapore are a little larger than Metro Toledo.

according to the 2010 census, Metro Toledo's population was 608,145.

rossford's entertainment district not exist yet, except for moe's tavern. maybe rossford should focus on that first and address the aerial gondolas later.