New Roosevelt Island Tram Cabin Designs Revealed While Workers Surf The Current Tram High Above Manhattan And The East River
Are you ever sitting in your office or wherever you work and feel like going for a walk? If you go for that walk, I doubt it is as dramatic as these Roosevelt Island Tram workers going out for a walk on top of the moving tram as it makes it's way across the East River. From Blogger Restless:
... I noticed that the tram going toward the island was not only stopped, but two men were dangling off it, a few hundred feet above ground. And they were still climbing around outside as it started moving...In a few months (March 2010) the tram will be out of service while undergoing a modernization program and both cabins will be replaced. No longer will the cabins operate in sync with each other but will make their way back and forth to Roosevelt Island independent of one another. Here are the latest pictures of what the new Poma designed Roosevelt Island Tram Cabins will look like.
The exterior
and interior
as well as some earlier drawings.
And the new Manhattan Tram station during the day
and night.
Also, the Roosevelt Island Tram Station.
There have been several postponements of earlier planned starting dates for the modernization project. If it does start as planned this time, hopefully, the Tram will be back in operation by September 2010.
UPDATE - 12/22 - RIOC President Steve Shane adds:
To the blogger about the mechanics outside the Tram, they were on the tower superstructure. The only time they ride the tram on the outside is when going to or coming from a particular tower for maintenance or inspection.
Please remember that we have decided to not proceed with the station improvements until after the tram is back in operation and we then can make sensible decisions about available budget and plan for upgrades. The existing concept renderings of station improvements, while very attractive, are on the shelf until further notice.
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