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Crazy sky-high solution to New York's congestion problem

The answer to New York City's congestion - travelling mid-air with high-speed gondolas.

Image: East River Skyway
Image: East River Skyway

 

A real estate executive has come up with an answer to New York's congestion problem, all thanks to his recent ski holiday.

In a town where parking spots cost $1 million, and peak hour traffic is your worst nightmare, Daniel Levy of City Realty has looked to the skies for a solution.

Replace snowfields with a backdrop of the New York skyline and voila, you have the East River Skyway – a gondola system that would connect Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.

Image: East River Skyway
Image: East River Skyway

The initial route would take you across New York’s East River, from Delancey to Williamsburg and then follow the shoreline down to the Brooklyn Navy Yards.

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According to CityRealty, the gondola system would be three times safer than catching the bus or train and is environmentally friendly as well.

In Levy’s proposal, New Yorkers would touch down in Manhattan in less than four minutes and the system would transport more than 5000 people every hour in both directions.

Levy says it would be much cheaper than building or expanding a subway line with the skyway system likely to cost between $75 million and $100 million, the Daily News reported.

"(It) would be a relatively inexpensive and quickly deployable solution," Levy told the Daily News.

"It is essential to adapt New York City's transportation system to serve residents in these booming areas."

New York City wouldn't be the first to embrace mid-air urban transport. High-speed gondolas already operate in parts of Germany, Brazil and the UK.

This article originally appeared on Yahoo7 Finance.