Populations Affected Long commute times increase time away from home and create the inability to find satisfaction in exercise, family meals, and self-development (Jackson & Sinclair, 2011). The Twin Cities have transportation options which include the Northstar Commuter Rail, the Blue and Green Light Rail lines, the Red Rapid Bus Transit (RBT) line, and multiple express and local bus routes across the cities (Metro Transit, 2014). Today, 80% of its riders are bus riders focused in the city limits of Minneapolis and St. Paul (Metro Transit, 2014).The average commute time in Lakeville, Minnesota is 26.5 minutes, slightly higher than the average Twin Cities travel time of 25.4 minutes, however significantly higher than the core cities of Minneapolis …show more content…
Currently, the Metro Transit Express Bus Route 467 is the only option which operates point to point from Lakeville to Downtown Minneapolis during weekday rush hours (Metro Transit, 2013). It is very popular, allowing riders to spend the time catching up on emails, reading, or even napping instead of commuting in their cars (Metro Transit, 2013). Route 467 is very helpful, but is limited in its effectiveness due to its focused run times and locations. The Metro Transit Orange Line is a RBT option along the 35W corridor in its planning stages (Metro Transit, n.d.). This route is currently planned to run with multiple stops between downtown Minneapolis and Burnsville, a suburb just north of Lakeville (Metro Transit, n.d.). There are plans to eventually extend the Orange Line south to Lakeville, however budgetary constraints prevent this from happening with the initial planned opening in 2019 (Metro Transit, n.d.). The Orange Line would allow greater mobility and foot traffic between Lakeville and its route, however its slow timeline is not in line with the population …show more content…
The core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have stronger systems emerging in the Blue and Green Light Rail lines, however the southern suburb located Red BRT line is struggling with ridership. The proposed Orange BRT line to Burnsville will continue to have similar ridership problems if the transit engineers do not balance efficiency and speed to encourage riders to step out of their cars and onto the bus. Finally, without the extension of the Orange BRT line to Lakeville, the community will be restricted to the 467 Express Bus during rush hour, be forced to drive to at least Burnsville to other options, or continue to drive themselves and add to the
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is not the best method of transportation in the city of Toronto, because it’s unreliable, inconvenient, and unsanitary. First of all, the TTC is unreliable because of many delays. The TTC buses often come late and there are many subway breakdowns and signal problems. These problems can cause longer wait times and result in the rider being late. Additionally, the TTC is inconvenient because it is difficult for the rider to get to his or her destination without a few transfers. In addition, there are very few direct routes and limited area coverage. For example, there are some areas where passengers have to walk long distances just to get to the bus stop. These problems can result in many transfers and cause
When you encounter a city such as Chicago, it is practically impossible to avoid CTA and Metra trains. From short store errands to long journeys home, the CTA is there as your personal downtown car. If you do not have enough money to put into owning a car or simply do not want to put up with trying to find parking in the congested city, the CTA is there for you. Where more people to use the CTA, the amount of gas polluting the earth would significantly decrease the pollution levels in Chicago. Since there aren't as many cars on the road, it not only decreases the carbon monoxide leaking from cars but the amount of cars on the road, which also decreases the amount of people on the road. Numerous laws state how using the CTA could benefit people in Chicago overall. These are just some of the reasons Metra and the CTA has impacted everything from population to economics and even political and environmental issues.
under funded public transit and urban sprawl contribute to the need to take on this burden?
A good chunk of people in the Big Apple (New York City) feels that the MTA makes their ride efficient, cheap, easy, and convenient way of getting around town. On a scale of 1-10, N...
We believe the increased level of traffic due to the Purple Line construction will intensify an already problematic situation. We ask for a traffic management plan for Capitol View Park to accommodate the increased traffic levels, up to 10,000 cars per day which will need averting as a result
Is the Loop Bus as beneficial to students as it should be? The SGA Loop Bus is a service provided to Duquesne University students by the Student Government Association. It is a three fleet bus system that provides transportation from Duquesne University to Southside, Oakland, and Waterfront that is operated on Friday and Saturday during the academic school year. It is the subject of one of the major gripes with Duquesne University and is not quite what it is cracked up to be. There are many consequences due to the inconsistencies of the Loop Bus making it not only irritable to wait for but places you in danger.
The Oklahoma City Streetcar is a 5.6-mile track that will take riders to MidTown, Downtown Business District, and Bricktown. The OKC Streetcar will have eighteen platforms for passengers to access the streetcar and will provide scheduled stops every 12-16 minutes. The OKC Streetcar is a MAPS 3 project that is in production and was voted on in 2009. The Oklahoma City Streetcar will provide revenue for the city, an eco-friendly source of transportation, and a safety conscious way to travel throughout the downtown area of Oklahoma City.
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Public transportation is an essential part of a city. A good public transit can encourage a city’s economic activities and can provide its citizen a convenient life. Does our Phoenix public transit work well? Does it provide sufficient service to the citizen? From my experience, the answer is no. This November I tried to attend the popular State Fair in Phoenix. However, I found that there were not any buses or metros could take me to the fair directly. It means I need 2 hours or more spend on the public transits. As the sixth most populous city nationwide (“Phoenix Quick Fact” 1), compared with Los Angeles and other big cities in America, Phoenix’s public transportation is indeed subpar. Due to Los Angeles has 154 bus lines and 30 metros (“Schedule”), New York has 316 bus lines and 28 subways(“Maps & Timetables”), while Phoenix only has 98 bus lines, and the number of metro line is only one! (“Route Schedules & Maps”) The problem is
In this essay, I will discuss the topic of urban public transportation and how it relates to the Church and Wellesley BIA. The nature of transportation in Toronto is a highly complex topic. As discussed in the article Transportation: The Bottleneck of Regional Competitiveness in Toronto, there are many concerns with transportation in regards to international transport, roads, highways, rails, bike lanes, buses etc. (Keil, Roger, Young, 2008). These transportation variables all have a greater economic, health, and environmental impact. The article goes on to describe that mobility in Toronto suffers because its management is uncoordinated, and there is a gap in regional interaction (Keil, Roger, Young 2008). The scope of this essay will be to
Most people take the urban public transportation system for granted. It is used in every aspect of our daily lives: work, education, medical necessities, recreation, etc. It is also important for the transportation of goods and services, which aids the growth and maintenance of our economy. Urban public transportation is the critical component of our quality of life and economic stability. The MBTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, is Boston and Eastern Massachusetts’s major transportation service. The MBTA has played a central role in the development of Boston and surrounding cities and towns for more than a century; providing service from 175 cities and towns into Boston. On an average weekday over 1.2 million trips are made on the subway, buses, commuter lines and other services in the mass transit system. With an international airport, a ship port, the highways, and the rail lines to connect regional cities and towns to national and international destinations and markets, Boston’s urban public transportation system has made the region’s growing role in the global economy possible.
Furthermore, the high-speed rail network could mean twenty-nine million fewer car trips and 500,000 fewer plane flights annually, according to a 2006 study ...
BART is a fast modern rail transit system, with 34 stations and 75 miles of track, serving the counti...
Most of cities that people live are sequentially growing, daily routine of many people are also adapted for surrounding in the present. A lot of people have to spend most of their time with travelling though long distances to get from one place to another for connecting their businesses or other purposes by transportation. Most people use public transportation such as BTS and MRT to go each places while many people are using their own cars to travel. Thereby, both transportations have the same destination that is taking and moving people. People can choose vehicles from alter reasons depend on how people are responded to their needs by public transportation and private car that are different in convenience of travelling, expenditure of money and security of travel.
In the nature of the operation, the bus starts at the transfer center (Downtown Fayetteville) to Fayetteville State University to Murchison Rd/ Jasper St to Murchison Rd/Country Club Dr and to University Estates. From Transfer center to FSU was 10 minutes and the other stop were 5 minutes in terms of run time. It’s headway time was every 30 minutes which the speed at which the bus goes is around 30 to 40 miles per hour and all drivers must have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to be able to drive a bus. Route length was approximately 3 to 4 miles and the round trip time is 60 minutes or an hour. Headway time was at every 30 minutes a bus leaving from the transfer center. The kind of bus I took was low ...