Sustainable Transit Futures

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Transport Concepts Puzzling over Pieces

The choices we make today will shapeour communities of tomorrow


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Hybrid Cars


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Car Sharing www.CarShareHFX.ca


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Examples of BicycleFacilities Bicycle parking

Shared streets Shared lanes

Dedicated lanes

Shared trails

Bicycle paths

Public bicycles


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Smart GrowthSmart Growth

Provide good public transportProvide good public transportDesign for feet, bikes & transitDesign for feet, bikes & transit

Manage congestionManage congestionCluster settlementCluster settlement

Integrate land usesIntegrate land usesControl design & formControl design & form


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Third Harbour Toll RoadCrossing (Bridge Commission)

Link Circumf. Hwy. withrail cut & Robie

Major new road capacity

Balance traffic on

Halifax Peninsula Take trucks off

downtown streets

Toll pricing signal Bridge bus lanes

$1.1 billion bridge $1.4 billion tunnel

Orbital not radial

Competes with WoodsideFerry

Encourages driving &

car-oriented devt Based on past 20 years

traffic growth


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Peninsula RailcutTruckway(Province, 2008)

Divert virtually allcontainer trucks fromdowntown

Grade separated New roadway might

allow buses

Enable double-trailertrucks to/from Halterm

Toll pricing signal

$220+ million Impact on greenway

Neighbourhood impact

May limit rail services Encourage shift from rail

to truck


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Halifax UrbanGreenway(HUGAHRM 2008)

Multi-use Active

Transportation trail

Plus nature trail

Link Dal with SMU

Use top of rail cut

Not dependent ontruck way proposal


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Burnside Expressway

Province; HRM Regional Plan 2006 Opportunity for rural express routes

Opportunity for MetroLink Could enable truck transloading with a

Burnside-Halifax rail container shuttle

Actual route to be determined


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Rail Container Shuttle(Marinova HRM, 2008)


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Downtown Hybrid Shuttle Bus HRM initiative

Public helped plan theroute

Flexible technology

Low emissions

Low noise

Large buses

Attractive image


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Downtown EmploymentDistribution


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Double Decker Buses(Victoria, Toronto, etc.)

Efficient use of streetspace

No articulation

High seat capacity Good views

Highly visible

Image

Perceived competition Limited routes

Clearances and trees

Stairs


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Ultra-Light Rail (England)

No wires

Shallow track

Low emissions Low noise

Hi-tech or historic

image Tourism potential

Visibly permanent

Can fit very narrowrights of way

New to North America

Lower capacity than

LRT or streetcar Cannot mix with

conventional trains


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Funicular Railway Proven technology

For steep hills

Low operating costs Tourism potential

Winter reliability

Low emissions

Low noise

Low energy

Not flexible

Short routes

High capital cost


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DingleDalFerry(Graduate

Research Paper,2008)


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Dingle-Dal Ferry Low capital cost

2-minute crossing

Congestion free Scenic and relaxing

Attractive to cyclists

Back-haul traffic Recreation potential

Near Dal, SMU &some hospitals

Near Halifax UrbanGreenway & rail cut

Pilot projects in 2001& 2002 averaged 30to 60 passengers/day

Low density aroundDingle

Steep hills either side

of Arm Docks and boats must

resist high winds

Isolated Dingle dock No major parking

nearby


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Windsor Jct.-Halifax Rail Shuttle

6 Growth Centres 4 campuses

6 retail centres Energy efficient Resilient to weather Congestion free Grade separated Encourage walkability Remanufactured cars

available in Maritimes

$25 million +/- cap. cost Track fee & negotiation Vulnerable to sea level rise Vulnerable to blockage South End terminus Trespassing risk


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Woodsideto Burnside

Rail Shuttle(2004 Dal

MastersThesis)


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Diesel Light Rail (Ottawa) Lower operating cost Serves more centres

without time penalty Ultramodern image

Ottawa success

Low floor Shorter stopping

distance

Can operate in astreet lane

Higher capital cost thanconventional rail

Must be time-separatedfrom conventional trains

Needs platform

extenders

Lwr. Left: Light Rail Atlas


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Electric Light Rail(Calgary, Edmonton) Frequent service

Low operating cost

No local emissions

Energy efficient

Progressive image

Low floor

Compatible with

pedestrians Can operate in streets

Very high capital cost

Disruptive construction

Overhead wires

Must be spatially or

temporally separatedfrom regular trains


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Railtown but No Trains

(Wolfville, NS 2008 photo)


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