Urban KQ4 Flashcards
Cambridge CS?
30,000 new jobs by 2030 Average house price of £336,000 Business interest from TNC's Green belt is limiting growth Congestion will increase
Define sustainability?
Balancing the needs of today with the needs of the future generations.
Big issues in Cambridge are?
Economic impacts Noise pollution Air pollution High levels of commuting Congestion
State the 4 key points of the Cambridgeshire Local Transport Plan?
High levels of commuting - 65% of people in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire commute by car to work if development continues and this issue isn’t helped this will get even worse and cause even more congestion.
Air pollution - some areas are at times exceeding the national levels - these areas corresponded with the most congested areas.
Noise pollution - 57% of Cambridge residents feel that traffic is a problem due to the noise produced from this.
Economic - congestion is slowing the efficiency of business this being the delivery of products or the movement of the people.
How many new houses are estimated to be built by 2016 in Cambridge?
42,000
How much is estimated to be spent on improving the transport in and around Cambridge?
£1 billion
Cambridge Futures have come up with some solutions for the transport issue, can you name 5?
Building of tunnels underground for buses - eventually more vehicles.
Improve the public transport - running more buses, extending busway, building of tram lines.
Improve the highways - widen the trunk roads and building an orbital route and building new roads.
Develop high occupancy vehicle lanes - promoting the share use of vehicles through priority lanes or financial incentives.
Promote cycling or walking - healthier option and make the area more cycle/walking friendly.
Do the minimum - continue the existing policies.
What is Cambridge doing already to manage its congestion?
Guided Bus
Cycle Cambridge - routes, improvements to facilities, more parking.l
Park and Ride - 4 million people use it per year
CamShare.com - 1 day a week share a car
New rail station to be built at chesterton
Explain Curitiba?
Integrated transport system - 5 main roads with 1 bus lane - 1 way traffic.
Affordable housing - developers have to pay to extent the height of skyscrapers this money goes towards helping to build low cost housing.
Community - centre is pedestrianised to prevent congestion - community activities set ip here to create the spirit.
Green spaces - banks of the rivers are left as parks - sheep graze when not flooding then they just let these spaces flood and old industrial areas have been transformed to urban parks to prevent slums.
Waste collection scheme.
Explain Curitiba’s bus system?
Red - express bus with express routes
Orange - outside of city into the city then go onto express routes
Green - go around the inside of the city
Grey - similar to red route but more stops
Pay before they ride, tunnels and turnstiles
4000 buses per day
1 fare per day meaning only 10% of income is spent on travel
Explain Curitiba’s waste management scheme?
Waste collection, bell - pick up rubbish, separate rubbish, take to processing centre where..
Paper is recycled to new paper
Plastic is remodelled
Cans is recycled to new cans
Green exchange - rubbish for food or bus fares in the squatter settlements, prevents lorries trying to get through settlements and has helped 30,000 families.
MC 15 Year Green Plan?
Expand the waste collection centres - 40% of waste is now recyled
Hoy no Circula continued
Expand underground
Bike paths and rental shceme
Low emission a d cheap metro buses on traffic free routes
Condition cash transfer - poor children at school and receive vaccinations = family paid
Land tenancy
Increase fundings for schools
Encourage green energy use
What schemes are Newcastle involved with?
Eco management audit scheme - use less energy, reducing emissions
Gateshead Project - empty properties, improved through demolition or improvement
