我有很棒的消息。哈利法克斯将创建运输计划。
几个月来,我一直在等待关于我们新的道路网络功能计划(RNFP)的公众磋商的公告,这主要是我们计划的道路基础设施项目的长期列表,其中大部分是重点改善或维持汽车交通流量。但事实证明,我们今年不会创造一个新的RNFP。反而,我们将创建一个综合的移动计划那which will focus on increasing the numbers of trips that we take by sustainable modes like transit, walking, and biking, and decreasing those we take by car.
这怎么发生的?去年秋天,当城市人员准备时their report在最新的通勤铁路研究中,他们决定包括一个有趣的推荐。起初腮红,它看起来不太多。除了“接受”通勤铁路的研究外,工作人员推荐给:
直接工作人员承接一项综合土地利用规划和运输计划的过程,制定一个专门针对根据区域计划增加可持续运输形式的模式分配的战略计划。
我记得当时阅读这个,并认为它听起来很像是一项关于一项研究的被动推荐,这将只是延迟我们在哈利法克克斯的运输规划周围需要的真正决策。
I was wrong.
It turns out the recommendation in question (on a report signed by both our chief planner Bob Bjerke, and our then-head of transit, Eddie Robar) may actually lead directlyto我们需要在哈利法克斯的运输计划中需要的真正决策。
到目前为止,该建议导致了几乎批准的(只有一个委员会,然后致力于理事会!)项目,为这座城市创造综合流动计划。
Could this mean that instead of considering something like commuter rail on its own, without reference to any of the alternatives out there (like, say, the already well-studied high-speed ferry concept or perhaps a dedicated bus corridor on the Bedford Highway), that we would actually consider all those alternatives together, side by side?
“That is the intent,” says Halifax’s Chief Planner Bob Bjerke. “To try to pull these things together. We’ve got lots of research that has been done, some good understanding of how the different pieces work. This is the attempt to pull it all together, and then say, okay, what are some of the big moves we could make that would make a real difference? And then put those in front of council and start to make some decisions around what kind of a transportation network we think is going to be most effective into the future.”
最后,哈利法克斯,我们将有很大的谈话。我们将通过高质量的运输走廊等事物进行比较道路扩大成本。我们将考虑建立第三座桥或者拥有新船和码头的渡轮游戏意味着什么。
当然,当然,您可能会想知道为什么在第二阶段的区域计划中,我们需要一个新的计划来整合任何东西。我们的交通目标不是在区域计划中纳入吗?我们没有关于运输的大谈话吗?
区域计划确定所有运输方式,并包括每个运输方式。它甚至要求我们增加我们对可持续模式的使用。但是,虽然它要求我们在理论上考虑所有模式,但它基本上告诉我们单独计划。
“The Regional Plan related to transportation has some very high level goals,” says Bjerke, “and it indicates that we should have a Road Network Functional Plan, and then talks about some of the other plans that would fall underneath that, like active transportation, parking, and transit. But while it identifies those different components, it doesn’t actually have a way to pull those all together.”
从2014年哈利法克斯区域计划的第63页。前页读取:“HRM应努力实现或超过2031个预测,以便通过过境和主动运输所阐述的旅行百分比如下:”
虽然RP将我们的区域平均模式分为2031年可持续的25%至30%的目标,但它未能说如何做到这一点。“那个策略不在那里,”Bjerke说。“它不会将道路网组件与运输交流一起使用。他们互相参考,他们是基于这一点,但这会让我们有机会一起看他们,所以我们可以整合那些不同的模式和我们想要采取的行动来实现这一组织结果。“
该项目承诺雄心勃勃的时间表,由4月至4月截止的“移动性”文件的“大想法”,并在下个月开始的公开咨询。Bjerke表示,公众参与将包括讲座和研讨会,并将利用最近的磋商中已收集的投入,例如哈利法克斯过境在一起的计划。
The whole thing is planned to wrap up by this time next year. (The cynic in me almost spit out my coffee at that deadline, but then the optimist chimed in to say, hell, why not? With a motivated staff and council on such an important project, it could happen.)
“我们不想永远在这一点,”Bjerke说。“这里的意图是真正巩固我们所拥有的信息......将其拉到一起并快速获取这些选项,然后执行后续工作。”
“为市政场来说,这将是一些很大的问题,”Bjerke说。“当我们真正想看看我们想要的交通网络时,我们就在那个初创的时刻。我们的目标是什么?“


The cynic in me says that up to now positive change (be bold) has been a shitty logo and cosmetics.
如果城市脱掉这一点,那么蠕虫将开始转向这座城市,因为我们未来的积极(敢说渐进的)愿景。
让我们看看发生了什么。
Haligonians for a car-free peninsula
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CarFreeHalifax/
January 2008
“一段时间我正坐在荷兰莱顿市中心的公园长椅上坐在荷兰的长椅上,在街头的行人友好地奇妙。是的,有车的动力移动,但距离脚和自行车的人都无处不在。同一周,我在苏格兰的格拉斯哥周围目睹了类似优雅的整合。
When I remarked on how sane this all seemed, my friend Han said, as if I should already know: “Ken, cars are guests in the city!”
Haligonians for a car-free peninsula need not be about eliminating vehicular traffic. It could be about simply shifting emphasis in this wonderful walkable city – for instance: opening Argyle, Barrington and Spring Garden and other streets for walking; scheduling deliveries in the wee hours of the morning; intensive and elegant public transit; vehicles for persons unable to get around any other way; electric taxis, and so on.
We’ve all experienced being in people-centred rather than vehicle-centred environments and intuitively recognize the accompanying natural sense of relief and euphoria. Haligonians for a car-free peninsula is all about making this gradual civic transition.
If you support or are sympathetic to this initiative, by all means join and tell your friends. If you’re curious, you might want to take a look at the links below for more information. And if you’re inspired and have ideas, please share them on the wall or prompt or contribute to a discussion.”
肯
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Sealevel
我在整个“战略”的过程中是愤世嫉俗的愤世嫉俗的时候,每天都有更多的措施,以降低可持续运输水平。有很多事情可能已经完成,现在应该已经完成了。喜欢在麦克唐纳桥上指定高占用车辆的第三通道;从停车业务中获取DND;收费栅门接入点到市中心核心;从Fairview Cove铺设铁路,到点愉快的公园集装箱码头重新指导数百名卡车,目前必须每天谈判易于拥挤的霍利斯和下水街(这是一个市政尴尬)等。这些是不合适的’t need a study, or strategy or any other intellectualizing to know they will work. There has been ZERO work done in HRM to even try and reduce automobile traffic onto the peninsula. I don’t see that changing.