{"id":24832,"date":"2016-09-05T17:39:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145710.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=24832"},"modified":"2016-09-05T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:39:51","slug":"chicago-takes-transportation-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/chicago-takes-transportation-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Takes Transportation To The Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A whole new form of public transportation may be coming to Chicago soon, one that literally flies over issues of road use &#8212; a sky gondola.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/chicago-takes-transportation-skies\/sky-gondola-chicago-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24840\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1202\" height=\"798\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24840\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sky-Gondola-Chicago-3.png\" alt=\"Sky Gondola Chicago 3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sky-Gondola-Chicago-3.png 1202w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sky-Gondola-Chicago-3-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sky-Gondola-Chicago-3-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Sky-Gondola-Chicago-3-800x531.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1202px) 100vw, 1202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Framed more as a tourist attraction, the development would offer 30-minute rides and aerial views over the Chicago River. The concept is one of a few aimed at increasing visitors\u00a0to the Windy City.<\/p>\n<p>And while there are drawbacks to the idea (namely the aforementioned wind, and winter weather), the idea breathes fresh life into <a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/chicago-to-replace-half-of-all-rail-cars\/\">a city<\/a> always in need of such.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/chicago-takes-transportation-skies\/chicago-sky-gondola-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24838\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24838\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1.png\" alt=\"Chicago Sky Gondola 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1.png 600w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t just benefit tourism either, it could viably transport residents making short trips within the traffic-heavy area. The route will run along the river, hitting popular spots such as\u00a0the Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Added bonus? The project will theoretically require no contribution from the city itself, outside of land for the posts &#8212; it will be privately backed. That\u00a0makes one think &#8212; what other possibilities for unsubsidized public transportation are out there?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/chicago-takes-transportation-skies\/chicago-sky-gondola-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24839\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24839\" src=\"http:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-2.png\" alt=\"Chicago Sky Gondola 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-2.png 600w, https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-2-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See a video rendering of the sky gondola on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-chicago-skyline-gondolas-video-20160504-premiumvideo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Images\u00a0by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobusiness.com\/article\/20160504\/NEWS09\/160509944\/a-new-vision-for-chicago-lights-parks-aerial-gondolas-over-the-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crain&#8217;s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whole new form of public transportation may be coming to Chicago soon, one that literally flies over issues of road use &#8212; a sky gondola. Framed more as a tourist attraction, the development would offer 30-minute rides and aerial views over the Chicago River. The concept is one of a few aimed at increasing &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/chicago-takes-transportation-skies\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chicago Takes Transportation To The Skies<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":24838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,1566],"tags":[514,1698,524],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1.png",600,335,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1-300x168.png",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1.png",600,335,false],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1.png",600,335,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1.png",600,335,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Chicago-Sky-Gondola-1.png",600,335,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mira Bai Shahan","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/mirabai\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"A whole new form of public transportation may be coming to Chicago soon, one that literally flies over issues of road use &#8212; a sky gondola. 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