Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez has requested that the city stop all actions related to an aerial gondola to Dodger Stadium.

Hernandez submitted the motion to the council on January 25, saying the project’s environmental report was inadequate to continue.

“The communities that surround Dodger Stadium already bear the burden of the traffic congestion and increased pollution that stems from an increasingly year-round schedule of events at the stadium,” Hernandez said. “With this proposal, Metro is asking them to absorb the impact of constructing a gondola that would fly just feet over their homes and fundamentally change the landscape of their neighborhoods without ever demonstrating that this is the most effective and efficient way to mitigate stadium traffic.”

Questioning the gondola’s effectiveness in alleviating traffic, the council member asked the city to explore other options that may be less detrimental to surrounding communities.

The gondola project would soar above the city’s historic Chinatown, above residential areas and drop off riders at the front of the Dodger Stadium parking lot. L.A. ART, the organization behind the gondola has placed a mock cabin and basic information at Dodger Stadium so fans can become familiar with the transit project.

Former Los Angeles Metro chair and mayor Eric Garcetti backed the project, calling it a “proven” form of transportation that would help fans get into Dodger Stadium without worrying about traffic in the parking lots.

“Dodger Stadium is one of just three MLB stadiums that doesn’t have a transit connection,” Nathan Click, an organizer at Zero Emissions Transit previously told L.A. Weekly. “Really, this is about a first/last-mile connection to one of the most traveled-to destinations and corridors in downtown Los Angeles… and really getting people excited about ditching their cars and taking transit to the game.”

Multiple residents have voiced their disagreement with the project, calling into Metro board meetings, drafting letters and creating the “Stop the Gondola” campaign that has planted billboards near Dodger Stadium. They have questioned the gondola project for years and most recently said, “We need real transportation solutions, not this boondoggle.”