A rendering shows a gondola car carrying passengers from Union Station to Dodger Stadium. (Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies LLC)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles is the most visited stadium in the world, according to Eric Garcetti, Mayor Los Angeles,with 3.7 million people attending each year. Los Angeles also leads the country in the category of traffic gridlock. During Dodger games the 5 and 110 Freeways are basically bumper to bumper for hours, all around Dodger Stadium and this project hopes to ease such gridlock.

The proposed Tram (gondola system) will be totally privately financed, under a tag of $125 million. It will be from Union Station to Dodger Stadium a 1 1/4 mile trip and the Tram(s) will carry 5,000 passengers per hour and will take only 5 minutes. Currently, they have express buses going to Dodger Stadium, but the word “express” when it comes to traffic in LA is only a La La Land dream.

The only thing that is espresso in LA is coffee. All reports from Los Angeles say that most Dodger fans and residents are elated by the news, which they overwhelmingly support. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisor is on this project and hope to have an Environmental Report ready by the end of the year. It everything goes “Gondola-like” (according to the powers-to-be) this will become a reality by year 2022. Good luck LA!

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com