 The ride took four minutes to complete and crossed over above the Mississippi River, and had a maximum capacity of 2,000 passengers per hour.During the fair, this was billed as the signature ride of the exhibition; however, it drew only 1.7 million riders, half as many as projected.Built to showcase a form of non-polluting commuter transit, after the fair the system was open for use by commuters traveling from Algiers in the Mississippi's West Bank to the Warehouse District across the river, where the fair was held.