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Could soaring bridges, gondolas, futuristic pods — or even just a walking tunnel — soon connect DIA’s concourses?

Denver airport reviewed more than a dozen ideas to back up train or even expand people-moving capacity

A bridge rendering shows a glass-enclosed bridge spanning between concourses A and B, as proposed by Jacobs Engineering Group in its response to a Denver International Airport request for concepts
A bridge rendering shows a glass-enclosed bridge spanning between concourses A and B, as proposed by Jacobs Engineering Group in its response to a Denver International Airport request for concepts in 2022. Another bridge would connect from B to C. The long-spanning bridges would contain moving walkways, concessions and, potentially, suspended pay-per-use automated pods for passengers to take as they traverse the airport. (Image from Jacobs Engineering Group transportation alternatives proposal to DIA)
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By | jmurray@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Gondolas, personal self-driving pods and soaring bridges were among more than a dozen ideas that emerged after Denver International Airport asked for the private sector's input on how to back up its concourse train.
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