Golden Horseshoe: Transportation Development Study

These two regions offer unique opportunities for more innovative and creative forms of economic development. North-eastern Ontario has a larger population than the North-western Ontario since it’s closely tied to mining. Whereas, North-western Ontario is closely tied to forestry therefore experiencing a lesser population. The economy in the North-western Ontario faced a downturn during the forest sector crisis with the region outside of Thunder Bay bearing the brunt of the employment and population adjustment. The North-eastern has been sustained by its mining sector , however there is a redistribution of population towards the five largest urban centres including Greater Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie , North Bay (53,966),

Transportation between Compinwood and Eaganville is important to the region’s economic growth and development. As transportation planners for the State of Gilder, our job is to create a transportation plan that will ease congestion, meet the needs of the citizens, and reduce travel time on the SR A. Over the next 25 years, the population of Compinwood and Eaganville are expected to increase and the jobs in Eaganville are expected to increase as well. While the SR A is already heavily congested, it is experiencing an increase in truck traffic due to the increased trade with Florin. Agri Com is a coalition that supports these businesses involved in agriculture and trade with Florin. The SR A is one of the most congested freeways in Gilder

This document specifically highlights how the Gold Coast City Council is tackling the city’s issue of traffic congestion by improving the existing structure of the roads and public transport. Hopefully this will decrease the number vehicles on the road which will reduce the amount of carbon emissions into the atmosphere (City of Gold Coast, 2013).

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.

Population growth in British Columbia is among the fastest in all of Canada (British Colombia Environmental Reporting BC, 2016). The current population for B.C. is around 4.4 million people, which is 13% of Canadas total population (Mandres, 2016). B.C. is a growing population with an average of 4.8 people per square Km. 60% of the population is located in the South-Western part of the province. This is known as the Georgia Straight Region. This highly populated area can be seen in ‘red’ Figure 6. The reason so many people are located in this region is due to the continued urbanization and high levels of transportation networks. With the high volume of people living around the heart of the city of Vancouver, this region is a perfect location for domestic and international business to take place. With subway, train, and highway access the Georgia Straight Region is an ideal location for commuting workers to live. As seen in Figure 7, the population density of the Greater Vancouver area has more than 800 people/Km2 and the Greater Victoria area has a population up to 200 people/Km2. It is a highly integrated system that is connected both with the various transportation networks but also economically. The cities in British Colombia do not compete with each other, they work together (Mandres, 2016). With different cities specializing in different areas of business, mining, and agriculture there are no duplication of functions. An example of this specialization

The City of Chicago has developed several programs that address the issue of transportation. In the city, problems associated with transportation include

With the constrained scenario, traffic flow has improved, commute time has decreased, workers are getting to their places of business faster, and the businesses themselves are finding that they can transport their goods in a more timely fashion. The measures that were employed consist of adding directional bike lanes to the bridge, restriping the bridge combined with timed directional transition of the middle 5th lane, additional bus routes, and converting old buildings into domiciles. Although these measures have helped to improve traffic flow in the region, capital will have to be spent at a future date in order to add additional

Coyle, J. J., Bardi, E. J., Gibson, B., & Novak, R. A. (2011). Transportation (7th

Naturally, the boom of the separate Gold rushes in Western Canada was attractive to the common people for the possibility of attaining large profits in a smaller time period. Thus, the possibility was exciting to many, bringing over a plethora of people who formed communities centred on mining. As such, the large populations of people coming into the area and gaining land was more than enough to enrich and establish a new type of town-structure, this aptly labelled as mining towns. Ultimately, the fate of these types of towns are definite as each of them reach a fate that is reminiscent of the nature of the gold rushes; temporary fads that attracted many, but wouldn’t last long.

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)

RTD’s new BRT project will save 29,575 Metric Tons of greenhouse gases (CO2) over a 20-year period through the reduction of auto trips. The long-term strategy to address these issues are to development a more balanced transportation system that emphasizes an expansion of convenient and high quality transit services throughout the region. The amount of congestion is expected to decrease over time as ridership increases. The BRT Expansion project is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve public health and the livability of Stockton. A growing number of Stockton residents prefer to drive less and rely more on walking, bicycling, and public transportation because it is much healthier. The shift from auto travel to transit, walking, and bicycling will result in significant reduction in transportation-related

The movement of people is a crucial aspect to consider in contemporary development, not only around the world, but within a single municipality. According to “Code Red”, an extensively researched article published in The Hamilton Spectator in 2010, the most underdeveloped area of Hamilton exists in its downtown district. The proposed Light Rail Transit system is a public transit project that could revolutionize the downtown core of Hamilton, Ontario and improve the city’s rate of urban development. This report will discuss and justify a proposal for a North-South route, including three stations/stops, and rejected routes and stations.

In our urban and planning class, we discuss about the land use of specific areas and look over the official plan and the zoning-by-law. We select four bus stop where along the Gordon street and analysis each area behind the bus stops base on the city of Guelph documents. Gordon street is the busiest and main street in the Guelph city, and many bus lines should pass the Gordon street to the other places. The first bus stop we choose is Guelph Central Station which is the main transit station in the city, the second is Royal city park stop which represents entertainment and green space in downtown Guelph, the third stop closes to Campus Estates Plaza where is one of busy commercial land and the last one we choose is Solstice 1 Student

Public transportation is serious need of a massive overhaul in this nation. We are in desperate need to catch up to the European standard of public transportation in this country. In Europe, citizens can travel across cities, bodies of water, and even counties with their state of the art public transportation system. Europeans are not nearly as reliant on cars and oil as the United States is because they have the much more practical option of taking the transportation provided to them by the government to where ever they need to go. They have set a model that the United States needs to strive for and meet in the near future.

2) In the City of Mississauga, lane use control in the area of Clarkson and Lorne Park have stemmed from Mississauga’s master plan. Zoning through the use