This presentation summarizes the proposed BQX light rail project in New York City. The 17-mile light rail system would connect the neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Astoria, Queens, following the East River waterfront. It aims to improve transportation access for communities and support growing neighborhoods. Potential benefits include reduced emissions, increased mobility and access to jobs. Challenges include costs estimated at $2.5 billion, impacts on traffic and potential flooding risks.
Information about SoundTransit 3 transportation package proposition on 2016 ballot in Seattle and Puget Sound. This is being posted on behalf of smartertransit.org
Information about SoundTransit 3 transportation package proposition on 2016 ballot in Seattle and Puget Sound. This is being posted on behalf of smartertransit.org
When Houston's Katy Freeway reopened after construction in 2009, increased vehicle speeds and transversely tined pavement surfaces created a noise level that was unacceptable to residents of surrounding villages. Funding was secured not only from TxDOT but also from the City of Houston and four villages. Transverse grooving was removed and NGCS was installed, improving noise significantly.
When Houston's Katy Freeway reopened after construction in 2009, increased vehicle speeds and transversely tined pavement surfaces created a noise level that was unacceptable to residents of surrounding villages. Funding was secured not only from TxDOT but also from the City of Houston and four villages. Transverse grooving was removed and NGCS was installed, improving noise significantly.
Webinar: Intersectional Giving - Reconnecting Race, Social and Gender Justice...EPIPNational
Challenging harmful gender norms is key to making grant-making most effective for vulnerable populations, research has shown. That’s why major international donor institutions like CARE, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, UNFPA, USAID and WHO have all embraced “gender transformative” initiatives that challenge rigid gender norms. The World Bank has moved gender norms to the center of its work improving gender equity among women and girls. Gender impacts every issue funders address, yet gender norms are often ignored, or disconnected from factors like race and class.
Join this interactive, open discussion about the terms, ideas, and findings behind intersectional approaches to US philanthropy that reconnects racial, social, and gender justice. Toolkits and leave-behinds provided.
Riki Wilchins is Executive Director of TrueChild, a research and action center that promotes “gender transformative” approaches to improving life outcomes for at-risk youth that challenge rigid feminine and masculine norms and reconnect race, class and gender. The author of four books on gender theory and politics, Riki has conducted briefings and trainings for the White House, CDC, Office on Women’s Health, Office on Adolescent Health, as well as funding collaboratives Women’s Funding Network, Women Moving Millions, Philanthropy NY, and Jewish Women’s Fund Network. Riki’s work has been profiled in the NYTimes; TIME selected her among “100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century.”
My Business Central represents PPT on 10 Small Business Ideas From Home.Here are the businesses that you can start with very little money. You need motivation, a willingness to work hard and a desire to be financially successful. Franchises with lower costs of entry can make it easier for you to plan to be your own boss.
This seminar introduces the concepts, application, practice and strategies involved in determining the urgent need for business to operate through sustainable practices. In addition, it addresses ethical issues in a way that upholds and enhances the triple bottom line of a company: People, Planet, and Profit.
In addition, the seminar introduces the students to concepts in business ethics and how it influences the topic of sustainability. The seminar teaches practical solutions on how to embed sustainability within the business operations. Students will come away from the course understanding what embedded sustainability is and how to drive proactive solutions that bring social innovation to the forefront of the business as a key strategy for future business success.
Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) unveiled 5 new light rail alternatives for Project Connect on an open house March 21, 2023. These alternatives differ greatly from the original plan proposed to voters in 2020 when the project was overwhelmingly authorized through a property tax increase. The original plan promised an underground light rail system downtown and an airport connection, now both seem to be unlikely.
ATP must re-evaluate core principles of the project to stay on budget, deliver transit connectivity promised to the voters, and create the backbone for a 21st century transit system for the region.
Light rail is too expensive, too slow, lacks regional expansion potential, and will be instantly outdated when implemented.
eBRT is already authorized by the ballot language and the contract with the voters. No additional elections are required for this change. When paired with the future potential of AEV transit, this approach provides the best solution for Austin today and in the future.
eBRT provides a reliable system backstop if AEV technology does not advance as quickly as projected. eBRT by itself would provide better, faster, and cheaper to operate service than LRT.
An AEV system with a tunneled backbone will have major equity benefits across the City and regionally, replacing existing transit lines with superior service.
To maximize the project benefit, the system must provide regional connectivity in addition to connectivity with the City of Austin. The lower cost per mile to deploy eBRT and AEV enables a larger and more connected system to be built today and in the future.
This is an opportunity to cement Austin as the global center for transit innovation.
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Pratt Center for Community Development have coalesced around a transit solution called Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)—a high-performance system that combines the permanence, speed, and reliability of rail, with the flexibility of buses, at a fraction of the cost of a subway system. In the Foundation and Pratt’s report, Mobility and Equity for New York’s Transit-Starved Neighborhoods: The Case for Full-Featured Bus Rapid Transit, BRT is discussed as an affordable, reliable, and practical way of getting outer borough residents from point A to point B.
The paper addresses managing the land transport effects of population growth and network congestion in Australia, this paper outlines the need by the mid-to-late 2020s for new major urban rail capacity projects to be completed such as Melbourne
Metro and new rail crossings of Sydney Harbour and the Brisbane River. For freight, it makes the case for constructing an inland railway between Melbourne, Parkes and Brisbane and improving the East-West rail corridor to North American Class I railroad standards. Regional rail networks linking grain areas to ports will also need upgrading, and more gauge standardisation will be needed. The benefits of new and improved rail
infrastructure will include less road congestion, improved safety, reduced dependence on imported oil and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
A paper I presented at the CORE 2016 Conference in Melbourne and co-authored with A/Prof Philip Laird.
the Community Access Project sings out the concerns of people with physical and sensory disabilities in these Public Comments to MassDOT. Three recommendations, with photos, are included.
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CASE STUDY 13.3 “Dear Mr. President—Please cancel our project!”: The Honolulu Elevated Rail Project Speaking on the status of Honolulu’s Elevated Rail public transport system, former Hawaii Governor Benjamin Cayetano had an interesting message for President Trump: “As a lifelong Democrat and former governor of Hawaii, I opposed your candidacy. I must admit, however, that you are on the right track scrutinizing wasteful spending on pork barrel projects.” The admission by former governor Cayetano was prompted by the latest details emerging from a project that the New York Times has written is in danger of becoming a financial boondoggle. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s (HART) 20-mile elevated heavy steel rail system that has been under construction for six years is now slated to cost nearly $10 billion, or $500 million per mile. If these costs are realized, Honolulu’s rail project would have the distinction of being the most expensive transit project in the country’s history. Honolulu is a beautiful but increasingly congested city on the south coast of Oahu. Residents and visitors have long complained that transportation options, highways, and other infrastructure have not kept pace with the growth of the city. In 2008 and following a close referendum vote, the city approved the beginning of the elevated rail system. To partially offset costs of the system, the mayor and city council instituted a temporary excise tax increase for residents and visitors. They also received $1.5 billion in Federal funding to support the project. Initially budgeted for $4.6 billion, the rail project is intended to start in the western edge of Honolulu, run through the middle of the city, and terminate at the Waikiki beaches. Included in the huge project are 21 stations, of which seven will be elevated and set 60 feet high above the city’s streets, and a 35-foot high elevated rail line that will run four miles through the middle of the city. The project has drawn fire from residents who are increasingly sick of blocked streets, traffic jams, and dirt and noise from multiple construction sites. In fact, a poll conducted in late 2016 showed that only 15% of the city’s residents favor completion of the rail project. Meanwhile, costs continue to rise. The original $4.6 billion budget was readjusted to $6.7 billion, and with the newly-announced delays in construction, being at least two years behind schedule and counting, the city has announced a five-year extension in the “temporary” excise tax to cover what critics are arguing will actually end up being over $10 billion in costs. Critics of the project such as Mr. Cayetano, who argues that the elevated rail “will change the beauty and ambience of the city forever,” also charge that in addition to its aesthetic shortcomings the final environmental impact study revealed that the rail project would, at best, reduce traffic congestion by under two percent and noted, “traffic congestion will be worse in t.
2. What is the light rail project “BQX”?
The ground-level rail system that
would run along the East River
waterfront in Brooklyn and Queens
aims to propel and expand the
city’s mass transit system into the
future.
The light rail project will cover 17
miles in neighborhoods across
Brooklyn and Queens.
Providing affordable and
convenient transit for communities
with limited transportation options
Supporting growing neighborhoods
3. The Proposal
The project, proposed by Mayor Bill
de Blasio, would follow the likes of
other American cities, such as San
Diego, California, and Portland,
Oregon, which have seen increased
commuter traffic since their systems’
Implementation.
Thousands of new comers to the city
are arriving and many neighborhoods
that are in needs of immediate
reliable and sustainable transportation
Alternative way to change lower or
Carbon foot print and green house
emission's
The streetcar system would link Sunset
Park, Brooklyn to Astoria, Queens.
4. Possible Problems
Problems
Building tracks for Mono
rail system by flood zones
Area leave infrastructure
vulnerable to flood
damages
Prevention: The city is
planning on building a
Resilient Mono rail system
along with building Flood
Resilient Neighborhoods
in the coming years
Zone A Neighborhoods
5. Environmental/Social
justification
Justification
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by
2050
Increasing access to quality jobs
Brings transportation to up and coming
neighborhoods
Freedom from oil - Powered by clean
electricity from renewable energy sources:
wind, solar, geothermal, ocean/tidal
400 million New Yorkers will potentially
benefit from a new transportation
method also connection them with Ferry
services
Estimated time from Dumbo to LIC is 27
min
Concerns
Rezoning of city streets and
sidewalks, Houses and
Business will be effected
Many Parking spots will be
eliminated as a result of
rezoning
Cost of the project is
upwards of $2.5 billion
dollars
Rising Sea Levels on the
border of Zone A
neighborhoods also a
concern
6. OPPURTUNITY
De Blasio's BQX would serve 45,000 to 50,000
riders a day, many of whom now take buses.
Roughly 70 percent of the route would get a
dedicated right-of-way.
riders won't have to pay an additional fare to
board an MTA subway or bus
Transfer to another green alternative of
transportation through Ferry service coming in
2017
The city plans to do an environmental review of
the proposal this year, begin work on the BQX in
2019 and start service in 2024.
8. It is expected that 15.8 million passengers would use the service
annually by 2035 which would help the growing neighborhoods
Provides affordable and convenient transit for communities with
limited transportation options
People will be suffer less or hospitalized because of carbon
monoxide poisoning;
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050
People can reach destination on time as there will no traffic along
the light rail road beside train;
Social Feasibility
9. Economic Feasibility
It will be a 17 mile route that follow waterfront between Sunset
Park and Astoria.
Estimated tax revenue would be $3.7 billion which would be
more than enough value to cover operational cost of $1.7 billion.
Economically feasible in compare to the 2nd Ave. subway line
which covers only 8.5 miles route with $4.451 billion.
People will get more quality jobs as the project will be
implemented
Light Rail would cuts off demands of UBER or Other Car services
for people commuting from Queens to Brooklyn along the East
River Side.
potential to generate over $25 billion in economic impact to our
city over the next 30 years.
