Critical Analysis Of The Nait Lrt Project

As a student coming from Vaughan to Union it takes the train every 30 mins to come to the Vaughan. Having less transportation causes inconvenience which draws to another issue when it comes to waiting for a bus for twenty minutes. For a change, we should have trains and buses come frequently in times of ‘rush hours’ at popular destinations. It saves people valuable time and they can get home earlier to their family. The government should upgrade their system for express transportation for those individuals who live far, from Union to Barrie or Union to Brampton. It takes about 2 hours with few stops in between. Having an upgrade system on express trains will benefit because 2 hours can be reduced to an hour or 30 minutes train ride. It will make people want to go to trains because it saves their time. They don’t need to use their car as a result it helps lessens the traffic for buses and have greater improvement opportunities to meet the desired areas foe

nMotion is a controversial plan to invest more than $6B over the next 25 years in the public transportation infrastructure. The plan includes steps to simplify the system, develop BRT lines, build rail lines, and regionalize service to enhance efficiency. Many region leaders agree that the community must move in this direction, but unfortunately it is controversial due to the fact that public support for such an investment is not strong.

According Edmonton’s 2012 budget report, almost all municipalities across Canada face a significant infrastructure deficit. Neighborhood renewal occurred periodically with funding from other orders of government, yet it failed to address the full life-cycle requirements of preventative maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Over time, the condition of roads, sidewalks and sewers deteriorated, resulting in more frequent collapsed sewers, increased sidewalk hazards, and dramatically increased maintenance like pothole repairs. The Office of Infrastructure and Funding Strategy highlighted the need for ongoing funding for neighborhood infrastructure to overcome an anticipated $2.2 billion funding gap in neighborhood roads and related infrastructure.

The Greater Golden Horseshoe is one of the fastest growing areas in Canada and the third fastest in North America. Modes of transportation and congestion due to the mass growing population has put stress on many people within the area. Additionally, 100000 people and approximately 80,000 jobs will be created yearly for the next 20 years (Transportation, 2016). The GTA West Transportation Corridor is a new initiative for the Golden Horseshoe area that will be able to cope with the growth of the areas involved. Because of this widespread project, many stakeholders are involved and are going to be affected.

With 809,958 people living in Charlotte public transit is de rigueur; public transit gives people options on how to go to school, work, or the doctor as well as reduce congestion, and grow communities. After six months with no CEO, Charlotte Area Transit System(CATS) appointed John Lewis Jr.; he is experienced with public transit systems and enthusiastic for growth in Charlotte. Still there

This assignment will be based on Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT). It is located in Toronto Ontario. The project will be finished in 2021. This LRT was made for residence dwellings and Humber College. The LRT distance is 11km long that would be on Finch West.

In this project we have to choose to explain the risks associated with Finch West Station. This is a heavy construction. TTC has invested in expanding York-Spadina line from Downsview to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station costing 2.6 billion overall. Finch station itself cost $ 134 million. This station one of the largest construction site in the overall project of expansion. This project started in 2011 and still under construction. Overall project of this expansion was expected to be complete by 2015 which later was pushed to year 2017. Each station has its own contractor to complete their TTC Station. Finch West station was assigned to Bondfield construction company. Tunneling is done by separate contractors by deep foundation

Town of Banff has a new “environmentally innovative public transit system”(www.ecovert.ca). The purpose of these busses are to increase ridership, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support Banff’s “Environmental Stewardship Policy—to nurture a sustainable community with a balanced approach to social and economic development”(www.ecovert.ca)

The light rail, also knows as the Metrorail, is an easy way to access many attractions in the metropolitan area of Houston. Attractions like the museums, medical center, Downtown, and stadiums. However, it still goes through neighborhoods. The rail is mainly located in Downtown Houston, but extends to norther part of Houston to the south side of Houston. It also extends itself towards the University of Houston into the third ward area, but it main route starts from Airline on the northern part of Houston all the way to Fannin, in the southern side of Houston. The main use of the rail is it transportation for those who do not have a vehicle and cannot get to important location like the courts located in downtown, or main hospitals who are also located downtown as well.

The Ottawa-Gatineau non- residential construction industry is also a key contributor to the Ottawa-Gatineau economy, especially in the upcoming years as this sectors has seen a surplus of major projects that will continue for years. The city of Ottawa has started phase 1 of the 2.1 billion dollar Light-Rail-Transit project, and is expected to be finished by 2018, with (upon approval) phase 2 would begin and have a similar investment, this is the largest construction project in Ottawa’s history. The city has also invested millions of dollars in the renovations and enhancements of some of its buildings. Some of these building include the Government Conference Centre with a $190 million dollars investment, $360 million investment in the Rideau

According to a Civil Engineering article, an engineering group was awarded a “$169-million contract to design and build a 1.6 mi extension of the Link, the Seattle metropolitan area’s light-rail line” (Landers 20). This shows the effort on Seattle’s part to accommodate the influx of people moving to Seattle. Development of such projects: The Alaskan Way Viaduct, Elliott Bay Seawall Project, and King Street Station Restoration (Major Projects), are reminiscent of a booming Seattle. These projects were petitioned for by voters, who recognizing issues with transportation in the area, urged their Seattle council representatives to fix the issues. As mentioned before, Seattle had started to develop its link-light rail line. Munnoch said that “Sound Transit will finance up to 70% of the project, but is seeking 30% to 50% of the total cost from the Federal Transit Administration” (qtd. in Seattle to Build $2 Billion Light-Rail System). This caused a delay in expanding the link-light rail system. However, now the project is in full effect and is expected to have stations in the Capitol Hill and UW (Location & Stations). According to Sound Transit, both stations are in a construction phase, en route to finishing in early 2016 (Location &

It is formally known as the Metro Line. (Objective) The 3.3km division line was planned to run from Churchill Square to NAIT linking MacEwan University, the Royal Alexandra Hospital, the new arena and Kingsway Mall to the main LRT system. It was expected to add 13,200-weekday riders to the city’s LRT network. The objective of this project is to get the line open, subject to it being safe, as described by city manager Simon Farbrother in an interview in Edmonton Journal.

Eventually the train station will occupy the Lakeshore West GO Train meaning that the LRT will have access to go stations and buses. This stop has the capabilities to make room for a LRT station as it is an area that houses newly built train station. Thus, putting in a LRT station there would only add to the infrastructure invested in that area The area has already been made a station so adding a LRT stop will only add to the transportation hub put in place. From our visit to the area from our field work, the area is not that busy so constuction won’t affect that many people’s commute or the profit of smaller businesses. The residential area is right across where many lower-middle income families live that an LRT would help tremendously for purposes of traveling to work or other personal matters.

A number of "traffic calming" measures were introduced, but this did not solve the problem. In fact those changes created numerous disruptions, increased traffic congestion, and provoked a large number of complaints from road users. The CCT has started to attract significant political attention, negative media and a strong resistance by the community. So what went wrong? It is evident that CKI and its partners need to act quickly and implement a plan that could allow them to get this project back on track and achieve the project goals.

This will be part of a new light rail network that will be built over the next decade with routes to the central suburbs, the airport, West Auckland and will later be extended to the North Shore”. Labour has taken initiative and has started to deal with Auckland's issues, rather than delaying them like the previous government has displayed. I strongly believe that Auckland's traffic can decrease with some action from the government, which is one of the many reasons why I fully support the Labour party.