Talk:Roosevelt Island Tramway

Sourcing Question
The article on the Portland Aerial Tram claims that the Doppelmayr CTEC built the Roosevelt Island Tramway. Doppelymayr's web site doesn't list or indicate this is the case. Can this claim be validated by someone? If not, we should probably remove the statement that Dopplemayr did build it from the overview section in the article page. Theflyer 14:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)


 * According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) website (the firm managing the island's services), the Tram was built by the Swiss company called Vonroll in 1976, not by Doppelmayr CTEC. This Wikipedia article confirms it.  Thistheman 18:14, 22 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Incidentally, it's even mentioned in the middle of the article, under the "History" section. Thistheman 18:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll basiclly revert my previous edits that made the linkage to Doppelmayr and the Portland Aerial Tram after submitting this response and will post a comment over on Portland Aerial Tram about the inconsistency. Theflyer 20:53, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

On 12 November, User:Rehrenberg posted the following question on the article page. It is moved here so we can work it out and update the article as appropriate. "Von Roll is now owned by the Austian company Doppelmayr Garaventa Group, who, on their webiste, makes no mention of having built it, yet on the site of competitor CWA Constructions (Swiss), there is a least one photo and a description. Who's right?" Theflyer 17:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

What's on second?
This article cites a New York Times article by Billie Cohen to claim:
 * Prior to the completion of the Portland Aerial Tram in December 2006, it was the only commuter aerial tramway in North America.

However, the Mississippi Aerial River Transit (MART) operated from May 1984 to April 1985, before the Portland tram. The MART was of a type known to wikipedia editors as a gondola lift not an aerial tramway, a subtle technical distinction that may be lost on many readers. Perhaps the claim should mention MART and contain an expanded footnote to explain the technical distinction like so: 69.119.27.73 (talk) 13:21, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Prior to the completion of the Mississippi Aerial River Transit in May 1984 and the Portland Aerial Tram in December 2006, it was the only commuter aerial tramway in North America.
 * The proposed rewording of what is currently the second sentence in the lead was placed into the article a few minutes ago. 69.119.27.73 (talk) 02:04, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

New Tramway?
POMA, the French maker of aerial tramways etc., says on its website (http://www.poma.net/en/xpage/index/view/id/17) (>historic >2009) that they built or are building the new Roosevelt Island Tramway. Has it been completed? Does it replace the old one? Is there anybody with some information on it? --AHert (talk) 16:18, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Abandoned old cabins
In September 2011, I mentioned old cabins of RI tram disposed at behind the Roosevelt Island Garage. They were placed in behind some fence making it difficult to photograph. Does anyone know, what is the future of the old RI tram cabs? GK tramrunner (talk) 03:02, 4 May 2012 (UTC)