Light Rail at the End of the Tunnel
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Kansas City voters approved a light rail system in 2006 to address issues of oil prices, global warming, and sustainable development. The proposal aims to create "defensible space" along the light rail line through mixed-use and pedestrian developments to encourage use of public transportation by making people feel safer. The proposal would integrate daily life with the rail system by providing a bike path and commercial developments, partially funded by developers who would benefit. Environmental quality would improve as the rail system expanded with sustainable power sources at stations and developments along the line. The proposal would enhance connectivity by running the light rail vertically and horizontally according to population density.
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How people prefer to commute has changed over the past years, while the transportation sector had to evolve with the changing times, bringing in new advanced methods.CNU Report_ER&SD
CNU Report_ER&SDJon Davis
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The document discusses an initiative between the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and fire marshals to reconcile the desire for appropriately-sized and connected streets with emergency responders' access needs. It notes that narrower, connected streets can improve emergency response times while reducing traffic speeds, stormwater runoff, and emissions. The initiative aims to develop code amendments and educate urban planners and fire officials on balancing street design and emergency access.Big data analysis and scheduling optimization system oriented assembly proces...
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City lines designing hybrid hub and-spoke transit system with urban big data
City lines designing hybrid hub and-spoke transit system with urban big datanexgentechnology
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Transit Buses: Exploring the Role and Evolution | GQ Research
Transit Buses: Exploring the Role and Evolution | GQ ResearchGQ Research
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This article explores the history, evolution, and significance of transit buses in shaping urban mobility.Academic Presentation On Road Network
Academic Presentation On Road NetworkKamal Rumah
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This document discusses road networks, including their historical development, hierarchy, analysis, and future. It begins with an overview of early roads dating back thousands of years and the first professional road network created by the Romans. It then describes the typical hierarchy of road networks from arterial roads and sub-arterial roads to collector roads and local roads. The document outlines techniques for analyzing road network patterns and operations. It concludes by discussing how future road networks will be transformed by connected and autonomous vehicles using advanced technologies.Academic Presentation On Review Of Road Network
Academic Presentation On Review Of Road NetworkKamal Rumah
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This document discusses road networks and their analysis. It begins with an introduction and historical overview of roads. It then describes the hierarchy of road networks, including arterial, collector and local roads. The document analyzes road network patterns using techniques like graph theory. It also discusses the current and future operation of road networks, including the potential for connected and autonomous vehicles. It concludes that advanced technologies will deliver benefits by managing road networks better to support economic growth and innovation.How do you envision the city of the future?
How do you envision the city of the future?Vadimas Komarskis
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An application presentation made specifically for IE business school in Spain answering the question "How do you envision the city of the future?" #IEApplication, #GoBeyondThe Best of CityLab's The Future of Transportation
The Best of CityLab's The Future of TransportationThe Rockefeller Foundation
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Supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, this ebook highlights a dozen of CityLab's favorite stories from the 2014 series on how Americans will travel tomorrow.Light Rail at the End of the Tunnel
- 1. sustainable_ KansasCity the light rail at the end of the tunnel In 2006, Kansas City voters recognized the need for a new system of transportation, passing the proposal for the development of a light rail system. As oil prices skyrocket, the impact of global warming becomes evident, and the global community presses beyond our ability to sustain development, this light rail system could change the way Kansas City operates. However, we feel the general public remains fearful of public transportation. Our suburban peers have related their concerns about us utilizing the max bus route, citing news reports about crimes surrounding the route. Despite the statistics revealing the bus systems relative safety, the public perception is quite the opposite. We believe, unfortunately, the same would occur surrounding the light rail system. It would be feared and avoided. Our proposal attempts to create defensible space along the entire length of the light rail system. Defensible space, a theory developed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, is simply
- 2. space that someone consistently uses, defending it against misuse. Thus, to accomplish such an objective, we propose to develop the periphery of the rail system with both sustainable mix-use structures and a significant pedestrian walkway. The proposal satisfies all three essential elements of the competition: livability, environmental quality, and connectivity. The core concept of the proposal is integration, integrating our everyday lives and activities with the new light rail system. The scheme would provide a bike path through downtown, minimizing interference with vehicular traffic. The commercial development that might occur along side such a pedestrian street would encourage the use of the light rail system. In fact, the funding for such a project could be partially supported by the developers who stand to benefit from such proximity to the line. The environmental quality of our city would improve as the light rail system grew throughout the metropolitan area, for the structures immediately adjacent to the line would be sustainability powered. The station stops, the streetlights, the stores, and even the train would run via photovoltaic cells spread throughout the system. In fact, the opportunity to utilize wind turbines could be available, for the valleys created between our high-rises generate consistent winds. Imagine Kansas City with several green fingers stretching throughout our metropolitan communities, connecting them to downtown. Connectivity is easily and obviously accomplished, winding the system vertically and horizontally through the city according to density.