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Lectures 2 Flashcards

1
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3 Types of Sustainable Transportation Indicators

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  1. Land use
  2. Community design
  3. Transit policy

= Sustainability

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Saskatoon large road space

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Current road space facilitates automobility
Broad boulevards, oversized intersections
An opportunity for alternative modes?

Saskatoon citizens barely use public transit, more into biking

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3
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Constitution of Canada drafted in _____

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1860

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4
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Cities are under federal or provincial

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Cities, or municipalities would most reasonably come under to provincial authority

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The planning and development act

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This provincial act sets out the planning and development rules for all municipalities and cities to follow.
The way cities look, their design, population density, building heights, number of parking spaced, location of buildings, urban services, seats in a restaurant, almost everything, is controlled by this provincial act.

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6
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Reasons for homelessness

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Growth during time of economic boom (1990s)
Causes include increased rent, housing costs
Job transitioning
Cause may include gentrification
Many other social and health-related factors

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Absolute versus relative Homeless vs. Hidden or concealed homelessness vs cyclical

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No place to call home, sleep outside or in a temporary shelter [absolute homeless]

Access to housing that lacks one of: safe water, sanitation; secure tenure; affordability; safety; access to daily needs [relative homeless]

Hidden or concealed homelessness: people without a place of their own who live in a car, with family or friends, or in a long-term institution

cyclical homelessness, resulting from a change of circumstance, for example having been released from an institution

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the two reasons for Homelessness problem:

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Human (Individual)Agency:
Failings of the individual, addiction, disability, mental illness

Structural:
Failings of capitalist housing markets, gentrification, failed labour market, limited construction of affordable rental housing

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9
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Homeless Calgary= __% male and __% female

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78,22

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10
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federal estimate conservatively places the number at about _______.

Some non-governmental sources estimate Canada’s true homeless population, not just those living in emergency shelters, to be between ______ and _______

It is estimated that roughly _____ young people are homeless or living in homeless shelters throughout the country at some time during the year

_ in _ households experience extreme housing affordability problems

__% of income on housing

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federal estimate conservatively places the number at about 150,000.
Some non-governmental sources estimate Canada’s true homeless population, not just those living in emergency shelters, to be between 200,000 and 300,000
It is estimated that roughly 65,000 young people are homeless or living in homeless shelters throughout the country at some time during the year

1 in 5

30

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11
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Suggestions for helping homelessness

Cost of doing nothing =$___ billion annually

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New Federal housing programs
Investments to target homeless people
Affordability tax credit 
Investments in First Nations housing
Cost of doing nothing? $7B annually
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12
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2 important facets of homelessness

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the specific housing situation

the duration and/or frequency of homeless episodes

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13
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Robert Moses

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Urban renewal
car culture
freeway advocate

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Jane Jacobs

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Critic, Jane Jacobs; decline of urban core
Critical of modernist planning approach (deductive reasoning) May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006
Critical of land use separation
Supported organized chaos of city life
Repulsed by physical destruction of old urban neighbourhoods

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15
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City of Saskatoon planning for when population is ____

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500,000

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16
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Land use policy district identifies general land uses across the city

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– Residential 
– Suburban Centre 
– Commercial 
– Downtown 
– Industrial 
– Special Use 
– Urban Holding
17
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Core Area Bridge Strategy(3)

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Maximize capacity of existing river crossings

Implement the Transit and Active Transportation plans

Provide a new river crossing within Circle Drive

18
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Planning Hierarchy(3)

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  1. Official Community Plan
  2. Sector Plan
  3. Area Concept Plan
19
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Sector Plans

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• Identify development opportunities and constraints
• Provide general layout for a Suburban Development Area:
– neighbourhoods and mixed use areas
– commercial areas – employment areas
– major roads
– major parks
– ecological network*
• Ensure water and sewer services are feasible

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Natural Area Policy

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  • General Natural Area Screening (NAS) required as part of the initial work for any Sector Plan
  • Sector Plan must reconcile Environmental Management policy with urban development objectives
21
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Phasing

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  • Provides sequencing for more detailed planning and development
  • Growthdependent (not time-dependent)
22
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Swale, natural areas in saskatoon

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NE Swale
Lakewood pond
Hyde park wetlands

23
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New Urbanism

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Neo-traditional urban form (social, services)
Back lanes (laneway housing)
Higher density (but maintain SFD)
Live work zoning
Transit hub (commercial/social centre)
Greenways (linear park)
24
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Portland, Oregen very similar to Saskatoon
Making the land use link:3

publics transit usage ____% versus ____%

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Portland:
.streetcars and lightrails
. Chance to live car free, bike city
-most bike friendly city

Land Use:
Mixed
Density
Growth boundaries, regional perspective

Urban Design:
Transit oriented
Alternative modes
Streetscape attention to pedestrians

Transit Policy:
Visibility, viability

13, 4

25
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Urban Growth Boundary in portland

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260 Mile Line
Inside the boundary there is a city
outside of it is for farming, natural resources

26
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5 Imagine Idylwyld focuses

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Liveable- Mixed Use- ultimate goal of the area. Sustainable infrastructure, grocery store

Smart and Connected- pedestrian controlled crossings, wheel chair accessibility, accessible pedestrian crossings.

Safe + Accessible- separate sidewalks and roadway – wider sidewalks. Shared pedestrian sidewalk with bikes.

Walkable and Human Scale- Catwalk from Midtown to Al-Anderson’s Source (highest pedestrian area)

Culture + Art- indigenous local art, the paintings on the sides of telephone boxes downtown, art incorporated into urban design. At a reasonable cost.

27
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Demand For cycling in Canada:

____% would like to bike more often

__% government spending on bike expansion

__% would cycle to work if there were bike accomadations

__% of Canadians live within a 30-minute cycle of a routine destination, including

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Two in three (66%) would like to bike more often
Most strongly expressed by Canadians living in medium sized cities (100K to 1M)
A large majority of Canadians (82%) support government spending to create dedicated bicycle lanes and paths
70% Canadians say they would cycle to work if there “were a dedicated bike lane which would take me to my workplace in less than 30 minutes at a comfortable pace.”
84% of Canadians live within a 30-minute cycle of a routine destination, including

28
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Benefits of bike culture(7)

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  1. Congestion reduction
  2. Roadway Cost reduction
  3. Road Safety cost reduction
  4. User costs reduction
  5. Parking cost reduction
  6. Reduced air, noise, water pollution
  7. Bike sales (QC, 2000, $181M, 2800 jobs)
29
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Prefered design features for cycling

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Separated routes
Separated road space
Bike repair, air pump infrastructure
Road space priority
Bike box at intersections
30
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__% of people bike to work in saskatoon

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2.5

31
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Saskatoon budget for Automobile versus Alternative Mobility

___ Million
___ Million

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311 Million

12.4 Million

32
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Accessability Approach(4) over Mobility approach(4)

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ACC=
1.Separated routes
Mobility re-prioritization
Urban dESIGN FEATURES
Mixed land use
Multi-modal transpo options

VS.

Mob:
Added road capacity
Road congestion reduced
increased road usage
road congestion
33
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The New Urbanism(2)

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  1. West coast version (transit oriented)
    Transit first!
    Emphasis on reduced autodependency
    Peter Calthorpe
  2. East coast version (historicist oriented)
    Seaside, FL (Truman Show)
    Celebration, FL (Disney creation)
    DPZ (A. Duaney and E. Plater-Zyberk)
34
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LAND use indicators

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Mixed use zoning (TOD)
Higher residential density nr transit stops
Grid road pattern

35
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Community design indicators

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Building mass proud to street
Dedicated bus lanes
Transit hub core of development (TOD)
New homes within 10 min walk to transit

36
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Transit Policy indicators

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Bus comfort, safety
Real-time schedule
Bike racks
Low floor access

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