GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Automobile Dependency, Urban Density, North South Mrt Line
23 Apr 2013
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Increasing recognition of problem associated with car dependency (e. g. environment, pollution, etc. ) Solutions: urban densification: increasing number of people living in the core (and not using their car). This is happening: alternative forms of transportation e. g. buses, subways, streetcars and lrts. Research suggest that lrt or subway construction solves the transport problem and helps to increase the urban density (around the station: e. g. the go" station in hamilton. Hamilton has proposed an lrt (light rail transit) system for the city (to be funded by the city, the province and the federal government) A number of routs are planned: 1. An east-west route connecting cnetre mall with mcmaster/ university. A north south route connecting the harbor and the airport, again via downtown. The lrt line is expected to be either a curbside or central-median-type system: this means there will be dedicated tracks running on the streets.
