{"id":2454881,"date":"2020-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=321364"},"modified":"2020-02-24T12:33:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:33:25","slug":"skycab-could-solve-aspens-traffic-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/skycab-could-solve-aspens-traffic-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyCab could solve Aspen\u2019s traffic woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Finally, something most people agree on \u2014 the almost all-day traffic gridlock from the airport to Aspen\u2019s roundabout ranges from 20 to 30 minutes each way on a clear day, and it doesn\u2019t seem like there are any immediate solutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With the new proposed 400-workforce housing units (1,000 new residents) directly across from the airport, are we ever going to get through the gridlock in front of the airport?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Perhaps we need a fly over. Fly over? Why not? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The link <a id=\"N0x1a67610N0x19cbda0:N0x1a67610N0x1a63fc0\" href=\"https:\/\/survey.zohopublic.com\/zs\/biB3O1\">https:\/\/survey.zohopublic.com\/zs\/biB3O1<\/a> asks, \u201cShould we find out if an Aspen Snowmass SkyCab Highway 82 aerial gondola is physically possible to connect Aspen (Ruby Park) ** Buttermilk ** Highlands ** Airport\/ABC ** Brush Creek Park &amp; Ride ** Snowmass Rodeo Lot\/Recreation Center ** Snowmass Center ** Snowmass Base Village?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Questions or comments can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:aspensnowmassskycabhighway82@gmail.com\">aspensnowmassskycabhighway82@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The light rail study cost approximately $500,000. The SkyCab Highway 82 study is approximately $30,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Results of the online survey and hard-copy surveys are to be given to the elected officials of Aspen, Snowmass and Pitkin County to encourage them to move forward to see if a fly over is physically possible. If not, then that idea gets grounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Toni Kronberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Aspen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/skycab-could-solve-aspens-traffic-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, something most people agree on \u2014 the almost all-day traffic gridlock from the airport to Aspen\u2019s roundabout ranges from 20 to 30 minutes each way on a clear day, and it doesn\u2019t seem like there are any immediate solutions. With the new proposed 400-workforce housing units (1,000 new residents) directly across from the airport, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 14:14:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454945,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454881\/revisions\/2454945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}