PLAN100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Automobile Dependency, Route Assignment, Trip Generation
13 Jan 2016
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Chapter 10 transport and land-use interactions in cities: getting closer to. Transport, land use, accessibility: ever since wwii, transportation planning dominated by car oriented and mobility focused paradigm, where speed, efficiency and fluidity are central concerns. Often used indicators, are congestion for measurements of mobility, delays and total number of hours wasted per year due to congestion: accessibility how easy can one get to, measurement is often different and limited to planning. Transport systems in canadian cities: history of transport systems and city structure in canada. Cities had their origins partly as a result of their advantages with respect to accessibility, such as montreal owes its origin to the fact that it was the furthest inland port that trans-atlantic ships could reach. Until 1860s, most internal transportation in canada was done by foot, horse, or cart, and these cities were typically very small, dense and overlapping residential, commercial, and industrial uses with long distances from centre cities.
