Week 9 to 13 lecture slides

Question 1

What are the principles of alignment and design in public transport?

Answer 1

• connect densities
• consider existing trip patterns
• area coverage (% of area from which customers have good access to transit)

Question 2

What is Multiple account evaluation

Answer 2

MAE provides broad-based assessment of a potential project for understadning costs and benefits

Question 3

Why do projects fail in forecasting?

Answer 3

-Competition for funds, incentive for proponents to skew the projection, overestimated benefits, underestimated costs.
-congestion relief/environmental benefits, overestimation of rail and underestimation of road occurs
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Question 4

What facilities are part of the active transport network?

Answer 4

Sidewalks, on/off-road bike lane and trails; multi-use pathways; bike parking facilities, crosswalk.

Question 5

What are complete streets?

Answer 5

users of all ages and abilities should be able to safely travel along or across roadways whether they are pedestrians, cyclists, public transit riders or motorists.

Question 6

Why is active transport especially needed nowadays?

Answer 6

• Congestion & environmental issues
• Obesity and chronic diseases
• need for personal mobility choices
• aging population
• appeal of compact, walkable communities
• healthy community

Question 7

What are some advantages of active transportation?

Answer 7

• people on the street (vibrancy, economic potential, social awareness)
• reduce cost of travel
• reduces environmental impact
• positive feedback cycle (more people will attract more business, will attract more people)

Question 8

What are some barriers to Active transportation

Answer 8

• weather
• age/physical abilities
• built form-incompatible with current consumer culture

Question 9

What are some things to consider when designing for cycling?

Answer 9

• cycling speeds (utilitarian vs recreations)
• trip end facilities (parking)
• increase visibility (drivers need to see them especially at intersections)
• connectivity and safety

Question 10

What are some goals for bike travel?

Answer 10

• comprehensive network (connects everywhere)

- trip end facilities

Question 11

How to evaluate street bike facilities?

Answer 11

• Bicycle compatiblity index (BCI) ratings measures comfort according to:
  
  • presence of bike lane; built form; parking; speed of cars.

Question 12

What are some ways to ensure bike safety at intersections?

Answer 12

• minimizing conflict
• bike box
• painted lanes

Question 13

How can we increase the safety of off-street bike paths?

Answer 13

• raised and textured pavements
• signage
• lane narrowing
• lighting

Question 14

How do we evaluate shared bicycle/pedestrian paths?

Answer 14

-Sidepath Suitability index (pedestrian conflicts; # of vehicular turning movements; length and grade of the segment; adjacent vehicular volume/speed; intersection characteristics).

Question 15

What do we do in places of modal conflict and uncertainty?

Answer 15

• delineate space for each use (channelization)

- share space (people will be more focused when confused)

Question 16

What are some design goals for pedestrian infrastructure?

Answer 16

• minimize exposure to vehicles
• provide buffers from high speed/high volumes
• enhance connectivity in the network (people typically link their trips together)

Question 17

What is the self selection problem in walkable communities?

Answer 17

Cant tell if people walk more b/c they live in the walkable area, or if people who walk more chose to move to this area.

Question 18

Why is inter-city transportation important?

Answer 18

• economy
• competitiveness and vitality
• tourism

Question 19

When was the 1st transcontinental rail line completed?

Answer 19

1885.

Question 20

_ _ & attractive _ systems are the key for long distance rail networks

Answer 20

passenger intermodality

feeder

Question 21

What are the keys to high speed rail success?

Answer 21

• Established rail tradition to build on
• higher density urban system with spatial evenness
• priority over freight and operator of freight system
• integrated system of mobility options
• diverse fare and frequency of services
• HSR does not reduce the funding for other modes, but is funded mostly by the public

Question 22

What are the ups and downs of HSR?

Answer 22

Downs: 
-construction of new infrastructure costs
-operating costs
-environmental impacts
Ups: 
-time savings 
-mobility capacity
-reduced externalities from other modes

Question 23

Major changes in freight in the modern era. focus shift from freight to _ _ and _

Answer 23

supply chains

logistics

Question 24

Logistics is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective _ and _ of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from _ of _ to _ of _ for the purpose of meeting customer requirments

Answer 24

flow
storage
point origin
point consumption