Développement d’un indice du potentiel TOD pour l’agglomération de Montréal

Résumé : Les aménagements axés sur le transport en commun (transit-oriented development ou TOD) reposent sur la création de développements résidentiels à proximité d’un nœud de transport existant. Dans le cadre de cet essai, on cherche plutôt à identifier les quartiers existants de Montréal possédant déjà les caractéristiques propices à l’aménagement d’un TOD, mais mal desservis par les transports en commun. En s’inspirant d’une étude menée aux Pays-Bas, on a eu recours à une analyse spatiale multicritères afin de concevoir un «indice du potentiel TOD», comportant quatre critères jugés essentiels, soit : la densité d’habitants, la mixité des utilisations du sol, la mixité sociale, ainsi que la distance aux transports. Malgré la difficulté d’intégrer l’ensemble des critères identifiés dans la littérature, les résultats révèlent un fort potentiel TOD sur le Plateau Mont-Royal, dans le Sud-Ouest, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve et plus particulièrement dans Anjou et Saint-Michel. On recommande notamment un secteur situé dans Saint-Michel, dont le potentiel TOD pourrait être enrichi par la création de plus fortes connexions au réseau de transports en commun.

Wegbegleitung, Trost und Hoffnung. Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zum Umgang mit Sterben, Tod und Trauer

Sterben und Tod bedeuten meist das Hindurchgehen durch eine schwere Zeit sowohl für den Betroffenen selbst als auch für dessen Familienangehörige und Freunde. Umso wichtiger ist es, diesen Weg nicht alleine gehen zu müssen und dadurch Trost zu finden, dass in der Begleitung eine lebensstärkende Hoffnung zum Ausdruck kommt. Der vorliegende Band zum Thema Sterben, Tod und Trauer versammelt Beiträge aus unterschiedlichen fachlichen und beruflichen Perspektiven. Dabei wird die Soziale Arbeit als Bindeglied zwischen den unterschiedlichen Disziplinen herausgearbeitet. Das Buch macht deutlich, das Sterben und Trauern nicht nur mit großen Belastungen verbunden sind, sondern auch Chancen zu Integrität, Erkenntnis und persönlichem Wachstum eröffnen. Eine ganzheitliche, an den Bedürfnissen der Betroffenen orientierte Wegbegleitung von Haupt- und Ehrenamtlichen kann hierbei eine wichtige Hilfe darstellen. (DIPF/Orig.)

CON EL TRATADO DE LIBRE COMERCIO PERDIMOS TOD@S

Resumen El objetivo principal de este artículo es analizar la inserción de la economía guatemalteca al proceso del desarrollo global del sistema capitalista. El trabajo sustenta la idea de que la estructura productiva se fue configurando a partir de los procesos de ajuste estructural y que la misma tuvo un sesgo marcadamente neoliberal. Esto permitió generar una plataforma política y económica que facilito la imposición de un modelo dependiente con la instauración de un Acuerdo Comercial con Estados Unidos. Este mecanismo es la última fase de la implantación del modelo económico de acumulación, que permite una inserción del capital nacional al gran mercado capitalista mundial y reconfigura la estructura productiva agrícola del país adaptándola a las nuevas necesidades del capital global.   Abstract The Objective of this article is analyzing the insertion of the Guatemalan economy to process of world development of capitalist system. The work support the idea of the productive structure was forming to begin of structures adjustments process and had a slant markedly neoliberal. It allowed produce a politic platform and economic that made easy the imposition of a dependent model with the establishment of one trade agreement with United States. It mechanism is the last stage of the implantation of economic model of accumulation, that allow a insertion of national working capital to big world capitalist market and reforming the farming productive structure of Guatemala; adjustmenting the country to the new necessities of world working capital.

Guidelines on building design and operation to minimize air quality impacts from major roads in transit oriented development

Poor air quality has a huge detrimental effect, both economic and on the quality of life, in Australia. Transit oriented design (TOD), which aims to minimise urban sprawl and lower dependency on vehicles, leads to an increasing number of buildings close to transport corridors. This project aims at providing guidelines that are appropriate to include within City Plan to inform future planning along road corridors, and provide recommendations on when mitigation measures should be utilised.

Investigation into Travel of Transit Oriented Development Residents’ of Kelvin Grove Urban Village

Travel surveys were conducted for collecting data related to residents’ travel at Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV). Currently, KGUV has residents living in the affordable apartments, apartments, townhouses and student accommodation. As a part of data collection process, travel surveys were undertaken for residents living in apartments, affordable apartments and student accommodation. This document contains the questionnaire form used to collect the demographic and travel data related to residents at KGUV. A mail back survey technique was used to collect data for residents living in affordable apartment and apartments, and an intercept surveys was conducted for residents living in student accommodation.

Investigation into travel of transit oriented development : school students’ travel survey of Kelvin Grove Urban Village

Travel surveys were conducted for collecting data related to school students’ travel at Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV). Currently, KGUV has school students studying at grade 10 to 12. As a part of data collection process, travel surveys were undertaken for school students studying. This document contains the questionnaire form used to collect the demographic and travel data related to school students at KGUV. The surveys forms were hand delivered to the school and the responses were collected back via reply paid envelop provided with the questionnaire form.

Evaluating the transport impacts of transit oriented developments (TODS)

Sustainable transport has become a necessity instead of an option, to address the problems of congestion and urban sprawl, whose effects include increased trip lengths and travel time. A more sustainable form of development, known as Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is presumed to offer sustainable travel choices with reduced need to travel to access daily destinations, by providing a mixture of land uses together with good quality of public transport service, infrastructure for walking and cycling. However, performance assessment of these developments with respect to travel characteristics of their inhabitants is required. This research proposes a five step methodology for evaluating the transport impacts of TODs. The steps for TOD evaluation include pre–TOD assessment, traffic and travel data collection, determination of traffic impacts, determination of travel impacts, and drawing outcomes. Typically, TODs are comprised of various land uses; hence have various types of users. Assessment of characteristics of all user groups is essential for obtaining an accurate picture of transport impacts. A case study TOD, Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV), located 2km of north west of the Brisbane central business district in Australia was selected for implementing the proposed methodology and to evaluate the transport impacts of a TOD from an Australian perspective. The outcomes of this analysis indicated that KGUV generated 27 to 48 percent less traffic compared to standard published rates specified for homogeneous uses. Further, all user groups of KGUV used more sustainable modes of transport compared to regional and similarly located suburban users, with higher trip length for shopping and education trips. Although the results from this case study development support the transport claims of reduced traffic generation and sustainable travel choices by way of TODs, further investigation is required, considering different styles, scales and locations of TODs. The proposed methodology may be further refined by using results from new TODs and a framework for TOD evaluation may be developed.

Assessing efficiency of a transit oriented development by comparative analysis

TOD: - A fully planned, mixed use development equipped with good quality transit service and infrastructure for walking and cycling Hypothesis: -TOD will help to reduce urban transport congestion Method: -Comparison of a TOD with non TOD urban environments -Residents’ trip characteristics