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Transforming NYC Streets: A Conversation with Janette Sadik-Khan
by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on October 22, 2008
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/transforming-nyc-streets-with-jsk/
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Selkirk Public Transit Feasibility Study
Open House January 20, Selkirk, MB
iTRANS was retained by the City of Selkirk to undertake a Transit Feasibility Study. Upon council approval, iTRANS was retained to assist in the implementation of the Transit Plan that involved developing a detailed budget, providing the details necessary to receive provincial and federal funding, identifying bus stop locations, assisting with vehicle procurement, and developing organization and marketing plans.
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Highway 33 Getting New Roundabout Intersection
Ministry of Transportation
McGuinty Government Improves Road Safety In Prince Edward County TORONTO, Oct. 17 /CNW/ - NEWS
Ontario is improving the intersection of Highway 33 and County Road 1
west of Picton, by converting it from a traditional intersection to a
roundabout.
In a roundabout
(http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/engineering/roundabout/hwy33.htm) all
vehicular traffic circulates counterclockwise around a central island. When
compared to traditional signalized intersections, roundabouts are safer and
environmentally friendly. They reduce speeds, traffic delays, fatalities, air
and noise pollution.
The government awarded the $2-million construction contract to Lafarge
Paving & Construction (Eastern) Limited of Belleville. Work is underway and
will be complete by summer 2009. During the early stages of construction,
Highway 33 will occasionally be reduced to one lane through the intersection.
During the later stages of construction vehicles will be guided through the
configuration with traffic barrels. It is expected that County Road 1 will be
detoured for two 12-hour periods while the highway is being paved.
QUOTES
"Roundabouts are safer and more efficient than traditional signalized
intersections. They also help protect the environment by reducing greenhouse
gas emissions produced by unnecessary idling and stopping," said
Transportation Minister Jim Bradley
(http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/about/minister.htm).
"I am really pleased that we are converting the Highway 33 intersection
to a roundabout. Roundabouts improve intersection safety by reducing speeds
and help prevent serious collisions," said Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Leona
Dombrowsky (http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/team/biography.asp?MPPID=44).
QUICK FACTS
- More than 5,200 drivers use Highway 33 daily.
- Roundabouts already exist on many municipal roads across Ontario, but
this is the first one on a provincial highway. Studies show that
roundabouts reduce all types of crashes by an average of 39 per cent
and injury crashes by 76 per cent.
- Since 2003, the McGuinty government has committed approximately
$9 billion in highways, roads and bridges and invested $7.4 billion in
transit.
EARN MORE
Read the Ontario government's five-year investment plan in highway
construction (http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/nhp2007/index.html) for
Southern Ontario.
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Still a subway to nowhere?
Construction booms, but opinions remain sharply divided as the often-derided Sheppard line turns 5
November 24, 2007
IVOR TOSSELL
Special to the Star
The futuristic chrome plating in Sheppard-Yonge station already looks a little scuffed. But it was only five years ago - Nov. 22, 2002 - that then-mayor Mel Lastman cut the ribbon to open Toronto's northern east-west subway line, accompanied by a phalanx of dignitaries, reporters, children and musicians. Even the U of T's infamously discordant engineering department band came out to crash the event in the former North York, piling onto the subway cars with tubas and drums in tow...
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Transit-first street plan hailed -
In a first, Cherry St. to get separate streetcar right-of-way on east side
December 11, 2007
Tess Kalinowski
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER
It is being hailed as a success in neighbourhood-building where, as yet, no neighbourhood exists.
The plan for Cherry St. in the West Don Lands development area achieves two firsts, according to local politicians and residents:
It puts the needs of transit riders,
pedestrians and cyclists ahead of
motorists...
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Waterfront plan would tear down east Gardiner
$300-million proposal to be unveiled Friday
JEFF GRAY AND JENNIFER LEWINGTON
From Friday's Globe and Mail
May 30, 2008 at 3:21 AM EDT
TORONTO - The Gardiner Expressway should be torn down east of Jarvis Street to make way for the dramatic rejuvenation of the city's waterfront, according to a proposal being pushed by Mayor David Miller.
The plan, which would replace the eastern and less-used section of the Gardiner with a University-Avenue-style boulevard, would cost more than $300-million, according to one official familiar with the proposal.
Waterfront Toronto, the joint city-provincial-federal development agency that has long been accused by critics of dragging its feet, will outline the plans at a news conference this morning...
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People cannot stay at home with their cars parked as a way of earning enough to buy an HDTV or a sports coat
By Terence Corcoran
Posted: July 23, 2008, 7:44 PM
Terence Corcoran, gasoline prices
Financial Post
Terence Corcoran is Editor of the Financial Post.
According to some of our leading Bay Street economists, Canadians are"parking their cars" to avoid paying high gasoline prices. Doug Porter, of BMO Capital Markets, said "drivers really did park it in the face of soaring prices. "Canadians, wrote one reporter paraphrasing another economist, "are choosing to stay off the roads whenever possible." Auto stats guru Dennis Desrosiers estimated that the average Canadian is driving 800 kilometres less per year...
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Traffic fatalities driven down by high gas
prices
JOAN LOWY
THESTAR.COM
Aug 25, 2008
WASHINGTON–Roll back the clock to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded.
The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline reached 31 cents a gallon...
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Next stop: Toronto's transportation future
It'll take more than tinkering to unclog the GTA's roads and rails. This summer, Metrolinx is set to unveil a sweeping game plan for rescuing the 416 and the 905 from traffic hell. Can it work? Plus, we asked you what should be done, and you told us. To see what riders really want, turn to M5 0
ELLY GRANT
May 10, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080510.MUNRO10/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario/ |
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Bus services tout greener way to Pearson
GO adds regular routes from Mississauga, Richmond Hill
Private Airport Express upgrades coaches to offer Wi-Fi, leather seats — and fewer emissions
May 01, 2008 11:18 AM
Tess Kalinowski
Transportation Reporter
It's not the high-speed rail link that politicians and some travellers are seeking.
But two airport coaches are now offering enhanced service to Pearson International Airport.
GO Transit started two new airport routes last weekend, April 26-27 one from the Mississauga City Centre and one from Richmond Hill Centre, that run every 30 minutes and every hour, respectively.
The Airport Express coach that ferries travellers back and forth from downtown hotels every 20 to 30 minutes also is rebranding itself as a more luxurious and environmentally friendly lift to the airport, effective today, May 1...
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Windsor is running out of gas
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080419.TURNER19/TPStory/?query=chris+turner/ |
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No time to procrastinate
http://www.thestar.com/article/415763 |
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A model city for sane transportation
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/414977 |
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Off to work in the fast lane
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/415371 |
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