walk bike transit auto count
Note total trips by automobile are 39%. In the 1960s projections were that by 1980 54% of people would be arriving by car, so a significant shift of 15% away from car use.
Shifts in transportation choices and options continue to be discussed, with McMaster's Institute on Transportation and Logistics working on a Transportation Demand Management plan for the university that was initiated by volunteer group Transportation for Liveable Communities (TLC).
With media reporting the news that Hamilton will likely be getting a light rail system (LRT) -- with McMaster the western terminus of this high-order transit system -- all indications suggest opportunity to make future reductions in single occupancy vehicle use, opening up campus space for better uses than storing cars for a few hours a day. From our perspective, this is the trajectory that leads to more natural space in west campus for research and recreational opportunity.
BACKGROUND
The Development of a Transportation Demand Management Plan for McMaster University
MITL is working with McMaster University Security and Parking Services to assess the current state of the University’s collective transportation strategy/situation including its parking capacity and will then develop a sustainable, adaptive and inclusive Transportation Demand Management Plan. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is a general term for various strategies that increase transportation system efficiency. It gives priority to more active and/or sustainable modes such as walking, cycling, ridesharing and teleworking; particularly so under congested conditions.
LINKS
Faculty & Staff
|
10%
|
11%
|
16%
|
63%
|
13000
| |
Students
|
23%
|
9%
|
42%
|
26%
|
24000
| |
All
|
18%
|
10%
|
33%
|
39%
|
37000
|
Note total trips by automobile are 39%. In the 1960s projections were that by 1980 54% of people would be arriving by car, so a significant shift of 15% away from car use.
 |
| McMaster parking lot M, built on floodplain for Ancaster Creek |
With media reporting the news that Hamilton will likely be getting a light rail system (LRT) -- with McMaster the western terminus of this high-order transit system -- all indications suggest opportunity to make future reductions in single occupancy vehicle use, opening up campus space for better uses than storing cars for a few hours a day. From our perspective, this is the trajectory that leads to more natural space in west campus for research and recreational opportunity.
BACKGROUND
The Development of a Transportation Demand Management Plan for McMaster University
MITL is working with McMaster University Security and Parking Services to assess the current state of the University’s collective transportation strategy/situation including its parking capacity and will then develop a sustainable, adaptive and inclusive Transportation Demand Management Plan. Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is a general term for various strategies that increase transportation system efficiency. It gives priority to more active and/or sustainable modes such as walking, cycling, ridesharing and teleworking; particularly so under congested conditions.
LINKS
- MITL: http://mitl.mcmaster.ca/research.html
- TLC: http://tlchamilton.blogspot.ca
- Original letter to McMaster from TLC (December 2012): http://tlchamilton.blogspot.ca/2012/12/tdm-mcmaster.html
- LRT Announcement (CBC Hamilton): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/mayor-confident-minister-will-announce-lrt-at-hamilton-visit-1.3075005
Comments