GEOG 1F90 Lecture 6: Transportation/Urban Geography
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1. 75 million cycling journey between 8 9 in the morning: population of netherlands 16. 7 million people, there are more bicycles then cars in the netherlands, bicycles are 5% faster than in cars 10% faster in larger cities, have separate lanes and stop lights for cyclist to keep things safe, transitway ottawa, light rail transit calgary, most sustainable transportation for shopping is the downtown core and then a shopping centre (mall) such as the pen centre, credit union centre, saskatoon, palladium/corel centre/scotiabank place, ottawa. To summarize: automobiles" freedom of movement freed people/firms from many constraints led to extreme deconcentration and dispersal that continues today, automobile orientation of city (esp. in suburbs) reduced viability of travelling by other modes for those with cars, automobile provides superior levels of accessibility other modes rarely used for those without cars, automobile orientation provides inferior levels of accessibility using non auto modes tends to be slow, dangerous, and sometimes impossible!
