About 70 people turned out to a public meeting on Monday night to hear about various transport projects for the resort, under the umbrella of Wakatipu Way To Go.
That is the name of a partnership between the Queenstown Lakes District Council, NZ Transport Agency and Otago Regional Council.
At the meeting, council property and infrastructure general manager Peter Hansby said a mass rapid transport option would be needed within 10 years.
More funding had been requested to investigate options further, including light rail, gondolas, and trams.
A graphic shown at the meeting appeared to show a potential light rail route from Frankton to the town centre along the edge of Lake Wakatipu.
Mr Hansby told Mountain Scene after the meeting a comparative study of light rail, monorail, trackless trams and gondolas was necessary, and would follow business case work being carried out now.
Further details were unavailable "until this work is complete".
"Funding and timing for this is currently with the NZ Transport Agency."
Gondolas have dominated the mass transit discussion since developer Alastair Porter announced ambitious plans for a gondola between The Remarkables ski area and Remarkables Park. in December.
Community engagement on a range of transport projects will continue until April 22.
In a statement, Mayor Jim Boult said the challenges facing Queenstown and Frankton were "unique".
"Getting it right relies on insights and ideas from the people who travel around the Wakatipu area every day." - Mountain Scene
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Light rail just doesn't work anywhere near as well as MODERN, low platform buses.
Light rail costs a fortune to build and usually permanently blocks existing traffic. It fails miserably as soon as any disruption occurs - a power failure, an accident or derailment means the line is blocked for hours. Buses can divert down side roads, buses routes can easy and cheaply be extended.
Council could buy a hundred buses for the cost of a single ten kilometer tram track. Which would provide better service?
Are there ever going to be trams to Kelvin Heights, Frankton Arm or Arrowtown? No.
Trams are a trendy failure.
All this talk about transport is good and well. We still don't have a proper hospital or even the promised cat scanner. Get your act together qldc!