Major Problems Of Urban Transport

The town of Halton Hill’s population includes the areas of Georgetown and Acton and other communities such as Erin, Oakville, Burlington and Milton regions. This is what is considered to be my community because these are the many places that I am visiting most often and they are always referred to together as “Halton Hills Region” (p.5, 2011). With the substantial increase in population in the Halton Hills region, more specifically Georgetown, there should be a strong demand for a public transit system to counteract all of the environmental disturbances that are being caused due to this increase. One of the things that is happening is that there are so many trees they are cutting down in order to expand and grow the population with houses being built. Statistics are showing that the population of Halton Hill’s region will expand by 54% over the next 20 years (p.5, 2011). By the year 2031, employment rates will increase by 75%, leaving Halton with 42,100 jobs being offered (p.5, 2011). With this rapid influx of citizens, this will only increase the demands of travel to get to these work places as well as other destinations (p.5, 2011). Over the past couple of year’s the traffic congestion on the major roads in Halton Hills such as Trafalgar Road and Regional Road 25 with individuals trying to get to and from work. There used to be very little traffic in these areas, however since Halton Hill’s has continued to expand, the utilization of automobiles has significantly increased due to the fact there is no public transit system. The Transportation Demand Management in Halton Hill’s is noticing the increase in automobiles stating that there needs to be a major shift in more efficient ways of transportation, yet there still has been nothing improvised (p.7, 2011). The Transportation Demand

Trains are everywhere in our society, we have jokes, toys, movies, and children’s television shows, but did you know rail transport started in 6th century Greece? The city of San Antonio, Texas is a fast-growing metropolitan city that has a very tremendous amount of people. It has been estimated that the city will grow by another million people in the next ten to twenty years. San Antonio’s traffic is becoming a huge issue and is quickly approaching to be one of the most congested areas in the states. The public transport in San Antonio consists of a very complex bus system, taxicabs, Trolley’s downtown, and the growing market of ridesharing drivers. San Antonio has had many talks and negotiations throughout the last two decades on getting a Light Rail system constructed to help with public transportation. This proposal is for specific businesses, the city of San Antonio and Bexar County to come to a funding agreement.

As a result of an increased population inhabiting one area, traffic congestion is often a major issue resulting from urbanisation. In London, traffic is evidently a problem. As it would be expected from a capital city home to more

This is one of the main cause environmental pollution. Canadian vehicle owners are now double what they were in 1960. (The David Suzuki Foundation, n.d.). In Canada, Moreover, about 9 million workers said that they had never used public transportation to commute. The reason why they don’t use it, because about 7.4 millions of these people thought that public transportation would be somewhat or very inconvenient (Campbell, W., 2011, October

Firstly, on average, for every billion dollars invested in the field of public transportation capital and operations creates and supports 36,000 jobs (2). Furthermore, these new 36,000 jobs will in turn result in approximately 3.6 billion dollars in business sales and approximately half a billion in federal, state, and local tax revenues (2). By maintaining this yearly funding of public transportation there lies the possibility of a whole new job sector emerging which could, in turn, stem long-term unemployment rates. Secondly, there is strong evidence to support a positive causation between public transportation and beneficial effects towards families and businesses. For example, for every dollar invested in the field of public transportation, approximately four dollars are generated in “economic returns” (2). There also exist statistics that claim that for every 10 million dollars invested in public transportation, there is potential for returns as high as 30 million dollars in business sales solely (2). Individually speaking, the average annual savings for one that takes public transportation and chooses to live with one less car is just a little less than 10 thousand dollars (9,900)(2). In order to show the saving nature of the public transportation system, estimates claim that without public transportation, costs from traffic congestion alone would have risen 19 billion dollars (2). The last of the outlined economic

In 1970, around 5 millions commuter travelled by car to work daily, while around 4 millions worker used the bus and approximate 2 millions commuter used the train. In the 2000, the number of commuter travelled by car reached around 7 millions, by train reached 3 millions, while there was a small drop approximately 0.5 millions in the number of bus users.

Between 1950 and 19980, the overall trend was downward and the National rail network’s pattern was always highest as well as it had its peak at 1,100 million trips in 1958. The gap between the figures for National rail network and the London Underground was increasingly narrow. The light rail and metro systems only appeared from early 1960s at the lowest level. In the last 25 years, the numbers of journeys by these three kinds of public transport bounced back and it tended to rise higher at the beginning. The numbers for National rail network and London Underground were similar and the numbers for London Underground went up to the peak of all numbers, whereas the numbers for Light rail and metro systems was still at the lowest level.

At present the trucking industry functions on public roads and the railways function as privately owned. Each mode needs to be addressed equally to make improvements. If the government implements or funds a change to a road network it should be done to either add a benefit to the rail system. As innovations are ready to be utilized there may be a need for government assistance in implementation due to the scale of which the transportation modes operate. The nation’s railway is the largest in the world due to the amount of land mass it crosses and size of the country. A balance needs to be achieved between the companies that own the transportation companies and the nations end goal that is beneficial to both the public and private sector. The many different trucking and railway companies needs legislature to be in effect on a federal level so each company falls within the guidelines across the country. The private and public sectors need to synchronized their future goals and develop timelines together to reach their end

Golangco (2015) stated that LRT is one of the fastest transportation that commuters use to go to their work or school even if it is crowded. But the incidents in trains still continue, like the lack of good trains that function well, the broken trains and the unexpected accidents in railroads. The situation that mentioned is really hard face every day especially for the students and workers who always use LRT. There is not enough trains running in the track meaning the passengers have two choices to make; one is to wait for another train which is more comfortable or to risk their comfortability to ride in a congested train in order to reach their destination fast.

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.

In today’s modern society where people live more in the urban cities than the rural areas each day traffic increases. And the government made a way for which people can go to work from home and back so that less people drive is public transportation. And it has always been discussed whether public transportation should be free or not. According to Joe Pinsker from the Atlantic making public transportation free will only attract the wrong crowd. For example kids and young people with culture of vandalism. Instead public transportation should focus on the wealthier people because they are the ones that work and need to drive (“Why Can't Public Transit Be Free?” Joe Pinsker). On the other hand what I believe will happen is that traffic will actually reduce on the roads and people will actually start using public transportation. So, the public pays taxes for public transportation but they also pay for it when they ride it which is not fair. Also making public transportation free will only benefit the city by many means. There will be great effect to the nation and society if public transportation is made free. This is on the grounds that many individuals will be urged in going to utilize them. This paper will show why there are more points of interest for making the public transportation free and why there will be fewer inconveniences.

Public transportation can help reduce stress caused by driving, save money, and also protect our environment by reducing the number of vehicles on the road. In order to get more people off the road and into the public transportation system we must increase the number of buses and taxis that are available. We must also increase the number of stops available for daily bus routes. With more stops on the map more people are likely to use the bus system. Each city or town will be able to decide where more bus stops are needed and make the adjustments necessary to provide better service for the taxpaying citizens. Of course, none of this is possible without adequate funds in each town/city and the gas tax is guaranteed to provide those funds. Providing more public transportation will help us reach our ultimate goal of protecting the environment and ourselves.

Public transport has become very easy to use, with applications that you can download onto your smartphone, you can know exactly when your bus or train will arrive at your bus stop. Science and technology have really improved the efficiency, comfort and ease of access associated with transport.

It is an undeniable fact that MTR enhances the productive potential of the economy. It does not only allow the public to make cross-boundary trips, such as from Kowloon side to Hong Kong Island side, but also helps alleviate congestion on the ground due to higher demand for railway. It also improves the accessibility for people to reach their work on time easily, raising their productivity. One of the notable economic benefits is saving traveling time. During peak hours, the traffic congestion problem from Hung Hom to Yau Ma Tei is unbearable, causing delays and making people late for work. Besides, waiting in traffic consumes more fuel, which costs individuals higher fuel consumption cost. Hence MTR can help alleviate these problems and thus benefit the economy.

In all countries transportation has always been a staple I every community, city, state and country. Without some form of transportation it would take forever for one person to point B from point A. To solve the issue people began using animals as transportation. The horse was the most popular form of transportation because it was very fast and multiple people could ride on a horse at a time. Then people began being transported by horse and buggy, which eventually led to trains and cars. Today transportation is no longer an issue, but the price for transportation is a huge issue. With gas prices constantly rising year after year and cost of living going up, people in society are trying to live more efficiently. To live more efficiently Taxis and metro were created but today they are no longer the most efficient way to travel. To travel efficiently a company in the United States created something called UBER. Uber is the next big thing when it comes to travel efficiency and it would benefit other countries as well.