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I was hoping they meant this kind of gondola: http://www.gondolas.com/images/gondola_main.jpg http://www.gondolas.com/images/gondola_main.jpg
by bsimpson 14y ago
I was hoping they meant this kind of gondola: http://www.gondolas.com/images/gondola_main.jpg http://www.gondolas.com/images/gondola_main.jpg
- benzor 14y agoIndeed, before clicking the link I assumed it would be an op-ed covering climate change and rising sea levels, which then goes on to argue that in the future, flooded coastal cities would enlist gondolas (the waterborne kind) to replace buses, like Venice.
- riffraff 14y agosimilarly, I expected a lengthy discussion of how water transport is more efficient than ground one in terms of pollution and energy consumption (I don't know if it is, I'd reckon it's not) and cities would be building water canals everywhere.
- davidw 14y agoYeah, I was going to comment that real inhabitants of Venice (about 40km from here) don't use those things to get around: they have motorboats, and public transportation boats.
- mediacrisis 14y agoHere in Providence they're just used for tourists during Waterfire. Imagine, a form of transportation that makes RIPTA look efficient! :)