Getty Museum Pilotless Tram Ride : Los Angeles

The Getty Museum pilotless tram ride offers guests to the Los Angeles museum an experience akin to a science fiction film.

An episode of the Twilight Zone in which a man hops aboard a train and is transported to a perfect place that exists only in his mind, is how we felt when the door opened to this new, computerized tram. There was no driver and no person within view as we climbed on, following our blind faith that a human being somewhere was in control and would deliver us safely to our final destination—The Getty.

Hovair gets you there, but first: The Getty is massive as the mountain on which it was constructed. It features supporting walls nearly as tall as the mountain. The Getty's stone edifice and its towering juxtaposition evoke an emotion that you, the visitor, are a god, looking down on your creation―the L.A. basin.

Getty Museum was built high on a hill overlooking downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean in the Santa Monica Mountains west of Los Angeles, California. The 110-acre, hilltop site (which cost $1 billion to construct), opened with much fanfare and huge crowds on December 16, 1997. Project architect Richard Meier & Partners stood proudly while one of the finest private museums in the world opened its doors. Receiving countless accolades and awards, among them was an honor for that sci-fi tram. It's name was Hovair.

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