Gondola

I am all for progress and making downtown Albany more accessible to increase tourism, but part of me thinks this is a colossal waste of money. I know it doesn't matter what I think but I wish they took the money they are going to use for this gondola for a better mass transit service from Saratoga County to downtown Albany...

I'm sure you thought about it too, "How does one fall off of a gondola?" When the news broke this weekend about a girl falling off of a ride at Six Flags Great Escape, my follow up question was immediately, "What ride?!" But when the response was, "the gondola" I had a moment of confusion. Huh?

It's been making waves over the last few months - the idea of a mile long gondola stretching from downtown Albany to the Amtrak train station in Rensselaer. Is it a cool idea or is it crazy? Could it work? Could it draw tourism?

A study is being done to see if a gondola system would be an effective way to transport travelers between the train station and the capital.