Great, Exciting, Fantastic News – RIOC Confirms The Roosevelt Island Tram Will Resume Operations Tomorrow, November 30

Image From RIOC The big news on Roosevelt Island this week is the anticipated opening of the Roosevelt Island Tram. As reported last week , the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp ( RIOC ) is planning a Grand Opening Celebration for the Tram on Tuesday, November 30 at 11 AM with regular service starting later that day. I asked RIOC President Leslie Torres this morning:

Has RIOC received all of the final certifications to permit the Grand Opening Celebration to occur tomorrow and the Tram to start regular passenger service?

If so, will regular passenger service begin as soon as the Celebration concludes or later that day?

Ms. Torres replied:

Yes and yes.

As of tomorrow, signs like this will be a distant memory.

I walked by the Roosevelt Island Tram Station earlier today. Preparations were being made for tomorrow’s opening ceremony

and the press was out conducting interviews with Ms. Torres

and representatives of POMA, the contractors for the Tram modernization project.

The new station turnstiles

and information monitors

were in place. I even got a look into the Roosevelt Island Tram Control Room

and a look inside the tram cabin through the new larger windows.

Ms. Torres (pictured in the center), RIOC VP of Operations Fernando Martinez (on the right) and CFO Steve Chironis (on the left) were on site checking out the final preparations

Ms. Torres emphasized that Mr. Martinez has done a fantastic job overseeing this very complicated project. Here’s an interesting perspective of how the Roosevelt Island Tram Modernization Project is viewed in France, the home of the project’s contractor, POMA. A reader, Nicolas, sent in the tip:

You might be interested to watch this video from the main TV channel TF1 at their mid-day news show:

Le tramway suspendu de New York Nicolas adds:

Sorry, it’s entirely in French, and slightly “patriotic” on how great the French technology is.

Don’t miss the scene where Spider-Man tries to save a dangling Roosevelt Island Tram from falling into the East River at the 1 minute 50 second mark and here’s how the Tram Station was blown up for the movie. Tomorrow’s going to be an exciting day for Roosevelt Island.