ENDS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Multimodal Transport, Rational Pricing, Ford Explorer
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Which mode produces the least ghg per passenger mile: fully loaded diesel bus. Which mode produces the most ghg per passenger mile: fully loaded ford explorer. Why is the travel time duration that the walking, the streetcar and the auto oriented city are build around, throughout the world, throughout history: twenty minute duration. Regional transportation strategy overview: invest: strategically maintain and expand, manage: more efficient and user focused, partner: coordinate transport and land use. 1963: cities in a sea of green, connected by transit (check slides) Concept of transit-oriented region has persisted in regional plans ever since: but the original plan was still kept in mind. As a result, instead of downtown freeways today, we have parks and pedestrians and bicycles. To help deliver region"s vision, trans link was created as an integrated, regional, multimodal transport authority: streamlining all forms of transport(roads, transit)