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TR174 - The Light Rail Transport in Edmonton - Report

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Benchmarking Conceptual High-Rise Design Processes (TR174)

   

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This paper presents an analysis of current conceptual design processes for high-rise, the Light Rail Transport. We synthesize a method to document and measure these processes and use it to analyse data from several case studies and a survey of leading architectural and engineering design firms. We describe the current high-rise conceptual design process in terms of design team size, composition, and time investment; clarity of goal definition; number and range of design options generated; number and type of model-based analyses performed; and the criteria used for decision-making.

TR174 - The Light Rail Transport in Edmonton - Report

   

Stanford University

   

Benchmarking Conceptual High-Rise Design Processes (TR174)

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Transport 2The Light Rail Transport in EdmontonIntroductionA broadened spectrum is required in the transit planning of social and technical questions. If one wants to develop a socially acceptable and affordable economy, the Light Rail Train system is applicable in the city of Edmonton. The guidelines that are undertaken are there to appreciate and help planners explore a variety of choice existing in a particular technical mode that is employed in planning and tuning the needs of the concerned community. The L.R.T has various environmental impacts other than technical impacts that the design provides[ CITATION Les11 \l 1033 ]. The needs DefinitionThe Light Rail Train is one of the many modes of transporting passengers that utilizes a fixed guiding system that is based upon a standard technology in railway. The modification is important to provide specific requirements in site together with the employment of electricity usage that is provided by an external source. The electricity propels it[ CITATION Mil16 \l 1033 ]. There are many features that the Light Rail Train exhibits. One feature that overshadows most is the versatility that significantly differentiates its performances together with the capacity from one system to another or from a line to another within the allocated system. This sought of versatility issues advantages such as the ability to provide a good solution to the existing large variety of transport problems. Moreover, versatility gives room for an increase in the capacity of growth[ CITATION Lig95 \l 1033 ]. The capacity of a Light Rail Train is somewhere between the trolley bus capacity and the metropolitan railway. This capacity is serviced per direction and per hour. The benefits that practically apply to the large range of the Light Train is to be able to satisfy many traffic needs that come up over a long period
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Transport 3of time. Light Rail trains provide opportunities for more progressive upgrades in the transport facilities whenever needed. One good example is practically available in the Hanover city present in German. Here the railway system is undergoing a number of progressive upgrades such as a segregated surface inthe rights of ways such as tunnels in the central business district. This improvement enables the train movement and operation[ CITATION Pyr16 \l 1033 ]. The simple concept that is used in guiding the transit plan in the poly-centric is a combination of series of main services in the linkage line to the hub or the business district. When the L.R.T was introduced in the transit system, the reason was to hasten productivity in land and the people with greater needs that could increase the level of productivity seen in mainlines. These main lines are consistent in performance hence any future development is seen to rely on them. Such trains rely on a scheduled travel plan that ensures public acceptance that relates to the planning and phases of construction that ease the transition of an L.R.T that is in service[ CITATION Uni16 \l 1033 ].There are less direct but important reasons for L.R.T. one is for the enhancement of the downtown of the city that is depending on the viability and ease of access for employment, cultural and social reasons. An extension of the L.R.T along the mainline makes the transit centers that are present to develop into principal stations for existing feeder buses. L.R.T can easily be segregated in its guideway[ CITATION Sch16 \l 1033 ]. A changing mode split is an influence to the introduction of the L.RT. The transportation model is changing to various modes of ridership. Although, these changes cannot be explained adversely due to the numerous factors that influence it. Other than the high level that L.R.T provides in service, comparing it to buses, the existing rail tracks give a psychological effect on its passengers. The increasingnumber of passengers in trains increases the farebox revenue that in turn reduces the need for any further road network expansion. L.R.T advantages cannot seem to end as another reason that makes it
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