[Jack]
ELECTRIC SKY GONDOLAS COULD BE COMING TO TEXAS-
WITH SEVERAL CITIES IN THE STATE EXPRESSING INTEREST IN THE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT CRITICS SAY THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE TOO COSTLY AND NOTE SIMILAR ENDEAVORS HAVE FAILED IN THE PAST.
SWFYT CITIES IS THE COMPANY LOOKING TO PROVIDE AERIAL CABLE CARS POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY TO THE LONESTAR STATE.
DUBBED WHOOSH, THIS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE WAS ORIGINALLY SHOWCASED BY GOOGLE-
BEFORE THE TEAM DEVELOPING IT LEFT THE TECH GIANT TO COMMERCIALIZE THE PRODUCT.
SWFYT CITIES CLAIMS THEIR ZERO-EMISSIONS WHOOSH SYSTEM CAN BE BUILT IN MONTHS, MUCH FASTER THAN INSTALLING MANY OTHER MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THEY WOULD RUN ON DEMAND, LIKE UBER, AND CONTINUOUSLY, WITH ABILITY TO TAKE FLEXIBLE NON-STOP ROUTES BY NAVIGATING AN ELEVATED GUIDEWAY-
PURPORTEDLY HELPING TO REDUCE TRAVEL TIMES FOR LOCALS, WHILE BEING TWICE AS EFFICIENT AS E-VS.
THE COMPANY SAYS THE CABLE CARS USE ROUGHLY ONE-SIXTH THE ENERGY OF A U.S. BUS OR RAIL SYSTEM-
AND A ONE-HOUR RIDE REQUIRES ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY AS HAVING A 10-MINUTE SHOWER.
TEXAS CITIES INCLUDING ARLINGTON, DALLAS, SUGAR LAND, FRISCO, DESOTO, AND PLANO ARE ALL EXPLORING ADOPTING SKY GONDOLAS.
HOWEVER, SOME LOCALS DON’T THINK THE TECH IS WORTH THE MILLIONS IN CITY FUNDS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL IT-
AND POINT TO THE MONORAIL SYSTEM IN LAS COLINAS THAT CEASED OPERATIONS IN 20-20 AS A COMPARABLE PROJECT THAT DIDN’T PAN OUT.
THE WHOOSH SYSTEM HAS STILL YET TO BE TESTED OUT IN ANY U.S. CITY-
BUT IN QUEENSLAND, NEW ZEALAND A PILOT PROJECT WITH SWFYT CITIES IS UNDERWAY, EXPECTED TO GET UP AND RUNNING BY 20-27.
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