Economy Proposal for Light Rail Transit in North-South Hamilton Instructor: Dr. Walter Peace TA: Victoria Lab Day & Time: Wednesday 9:30-11:20am Date of Submission: Wednesday November 28‚ 2012 All members have read and abided by the guidelines in the field work guide. _______________________________ _______________________________ Sonam Nayyar (1045147) Rachin Sobti (1053010) Assignment #2 - Proposal for Light Rail Transit in North-South
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Justification of LRT Route The projected LRT route focuses on the downtown core of the Hamilton area with our four main stops being located at various intersections along King Street West. The stops will be located King at Wellington‚ King at James‚ King at Bay‚ and King at Dundurn. The key reason behind the selection of these stops is because the majority of these proposed stops are currently being used as stops for the HSR B-Line Express route (Hamilton Rapid Transit‚ 2011). By using stops that
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1. Introduction 1.1 Light Rail Transit System (LRT) The modern day Light Rail Transit systems around the world lie in the intermediate stage of evolution and lie between trams and railways. They try to imbibe the advantages of railways such as speed and greater throughputs while maintaining the flexibility and accessibility of trams. These systems essentially resemble railways in the fact that they operate on electrified rail routes but operate within a city or an urban zone to facilitate movement
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Draft 9/26/12 ENG22 T/Tr 1:30 Why the Light Rail Should Be Built. The light rail project will benefit Oahu in many ways‚ and should be constructed without delay. The first reason that the rail should be constructed is because it will help the economy. One example of how the rail will benefit the economy is that it will create many lasting jobs for workers due to the fact that the rail is a massive project that will last years. Additionally‚ once the rail is completed it will increase tax revenue
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Related Readings The Philippine Light Rail Transit Authority was set up on 12 July 1980 by Executive Order No. 603 to build‚ operate and/or lease LRT framework in the Philippines. Its central goal is to make a completely coordinated mass rail transit network to ease Metro Manila’s serious traffic congestion. The Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently‚ the line contains twenty stations and runs on 19.65km (12.21miles). Numerous
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Urban Rail Transit Industry in China‚ 2014-2018 Summary The Total Investment in Rail Transit Industry is predicted to be CNY 2 trillion in China in 2013-2020. Many opportunities for enterprises of infrastructure‚ equipment and operation exist in the industry. In China‚ Urban Rail Transit mainly includes subway and light rail. The first urban rail in China was built in Nanjing in the 1930s and dismantled after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The first urban rail of PRC
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Will Light Rail be Enough? August 25‚ 2009 Will Light Rail Be Enough? With traffic congestion what it is today‚ many cities are looking for solutions to remove single-occupancy vehicles from the roadways and still get people where they need to go. Seattle‚ Washington is no different. According to Sound Transit’s website‚ Light Rail was approved via voters and meant to provide transportation to a minimum of 75‚000 passengers daily in King County‚ run 24 hours a day‚ and remove traffic congestion
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peak hours‚ which is a severe challenge to the local traffic situation. (Transport Committee‚ 2008) Thus‚ light rail transit systems (LRT) could be the ideal solution to traffic problem. However‚ the high cost might limit the scale of this method. Electronic toll collection system (ETC) is regarded as another option with relatively low cost. This report will compare the feasibility of ETC and LRT systems in terms of cost‚ effectiveness and social acceptance‚ thereby exploring the most suitable method
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2. Literature Review 2.1 Cost Estimation of Light Rail 2.1.1 Whole Life-cycle cost estimation of Light Rail As light rail is playing an increasingly important role in public transportation‚ more concern is put on light rail and the costs of the flexible and expandable transport. Most of our light rail transit decision-making considers the project forepart construction investment only. But in terms of the annual operation cost‚ scrap value and so on after project completion‚ there is less or even
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although they ran on many suburban and rural light railways. The 1960s: The decade of the 1960s was a bad time for public transport in many parts of the world‚ with the growing belief by industry and transport planners that the motor car would be the ordinary form of transport for most people (with buses for those who could not afford cars)‚ and that cities could be adapted to cope with the increased road traffic that would result. Mainland Europe: Light rail was first created in mainland Europe‚
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