INTRODUCTION
It has been said so many times by so many different kinds of personalities, from academics to renowned politicians, that the world’s climate is changing and much of it has to do with what man has been doing for the last few decades. This has been further confirmed by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) in their assessment published in spring of 2007. The Panel had concluded that much more adaptation is needed in order to alleviate the possible effects of future climate changes. Given the considerable progress made in man’s understanding of the physical climate system, it is unfortunate that the knowledge gained has not been put to much use in terms of decision-making, risk management, and stakeholder engagement (National Research Council (NRC) report on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, September 2007).
Global climate change has been attributed to the accelerated collection and retention in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other so-called Green House Gases (GHG), such as methane, some of which are naturally occurring while some are man-made. The side effect of having too much retained GHG in the atmosphere is that the warmth from the sun is retained much longer than it should thus causing an unnecessary rise in temperatures.
Manitoba’s economy is primarily driven by agriculture, forestry, tourism, energy, fisheries, and transportation and as such, it is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The agriculture sector is particularly vulnerable to the possible consequences of climate change such that lower soil moisture resulting from higher temperatures is predicted to reduce potential crop yield by 10 to 30 per cent (www.iisd.org/pdf/2007/com_climate_impacts_mb.pdf...
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...rds raising the awareness regarding safety issues greatly affecting vulnerable road users such as pedestrian, cyclists, children, and seniors. (http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=14672)
• A master plan for the future development of transportation within the capital region will be developed in conjunction with the Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region (PMCR). The master plan would identify the opportunities and challenges for transportation within the Winnipeg area. It will also create a map that is intended to address the needs of its residents and municipalities (Tomorrow Now).
• The Manitoba GrEEEn Trucking Program (Economically and Environmentally Efficient) was a four year limited funding program sponsored and funded by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation. Last year, the program ended for the reason that there are no more funds available.
The Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway (GLGFG) Project is an initiative that seeks to transform the Southeastern Michigan and Southwestern Ontario region into a multimodal transshipment hub. This hub will be where goods are moved through the Port of Halifax, loaded on the new Maersk Triple-E container ships, and shipped to worldwide markets. The Port of Halifax is currently the only deep-water port that can accommodate these post-panamax container ships. These Triple-E ships can move up to 18,000 containers and, due to the economies of scale, reduce the shipping cost per container; thereby reducing cost to manufactures (GLFGr4, pg. 4). Detroit is currently the best-situated city for repositioning its main economic engine to transcontinental shipping. The location on an international border and the system of rail lines and roadways in the region, are the assets that make this opportunity possible. That is the broad view of the project, but many people want to know a more narrow scope of the project. They want to know the local impact of the project. This essay will address the local angle by illustrating how the decline of the automobile industry has placed this region in a position for revival as a transshipment hub. Also, this essay will illustrate how economic activity from The Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway Project can regenerate local real estate markets.
Off-highway vehicles (OHV), which include snowmobiles, four-wheelers and dirt bikes, are the mode of choice for millions of Americans who want to experience the outdoors. They're blamed for irreparable damage to the environment, and touted as one of the most enjoyable ways to spend time with friends and family outside. Environmentalists insist that much harsher restrictions of OHV use on public lands are vital to preserving fragile ecosystems. OHV users say they follow the rules already in place and don't need any more.
While Mississauga does possess major flaws within its transportation system, a myriad of solutions exist that would correct these issues. To begin with, our city should try and introduce more diverse and organized transportation systems into the community. These include Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. With the addition of these modes of transport, people will be able to get around the city productively and without having to use cars to travel. In fact, an LRT service is planned to be installed along Hurontario St., and BRT stations are planned to be built along Highway 403 for efficient transportation. Moreover, public bike racks could be built within neighborhoods and town centers. These would function similar
Canadians no longer have the option of choosing between mitigation and adaptation; the International Report on Climate Change have already confirmed that Canadians must finally awake to the nation-wide impact of warming temperatures. A report compiled by the United Nations consisting of 310 scientists and 73 countries including Canada say that “the worst is yet to come. No one on the Earth will go untouched by climate change. Political and financial situations are dire.” As a result, food, land and water are becoming scarcer, increasing the prices for produce, and even insurance. Canada will experience extremer weather such as drought more frequently; evidence of such events are the recently passed cold winter, the floods last summer in Ontario and Calgary, and the sudden change in temperature last year decimating Ontario’s apple crop. As if this wasn’t enough, other nations are eyeing Canada’s abundance of fresh water; a commodity of great value if carbon emissions are not reduced. "Rather than doing its part to fight climate change, the government's track record is clear: take credit for provincial actions, mock all proposals to make polluters pay, cut Environment Canada's climate change and clean-air budget massively, heckle from across the aisle and cheat future Canadians of their right to climate security,” said Liberal MP Joyce Murray, challenging Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives. Canada needs to take action; the longer we take, the harder it is to make an impact.
Many organizations such as: the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and Minnesota Department of Transportation study the downsides
The Department of Transportation released a report analyzing three different surveys and studies taken in 2011 and 2012. They found that, at any giv...
In the past few years, Colorado Springs has seen a substantial population increase (St. Louis-Sanchez 2014). This has led to an increase of a variety of issues. Due to the increase, one of the biggest issues is that the roads cannot handle the new volume of traffic, and the drivers that are new to the region cannot always handle the roads, particularly in the winter. While the city continues to attempt to widen the roads, this only causes more congestion and stress no matter how temporary. On top of the added hassle of construction, roads can only be expanded so much before there is not any more room. Larger roads also means a larger winter maintenance operation, more money spent filling potholes, and repaving more roads. There are three different solutions to this problem, and they all can work together and build on one another.
Manitoba has an international railway system that travels across the Us-Canada border, the railway systems are CP (crosses us border at Noyes), CN (also served at Noyes, crosses the border between Longworth and Middlesboro, Minnesota), and BNSF(Crookston, Minnesota). Manitoba has a regional passenger and freight operator, which is Keewatin railway company, the company owns the line from Sherritt junction to Lynn lake(310 km). The Keewatin railway company has both passenger and freight services that are from The Pas to Putakawagan(244 km, 85 km of the 244 is the Hudson Bay railway line). The local and regional freight operators that manitoba has are Cando Ltd (has switching facilities from imperial oil in birds hill intercanghing with CN and CP, Shell Canada in winnipeg changing with CN, Tundra Energry marketing in cromer changing with CN), Bundary trail railway (morden via manitou to binney which is 37 km, CEMR (two lines from norcan yard, winnipeg changes with CN and CP. beach junction from north transcona yard to pin efallls which is 107
The United States has become increasingly dependent on its road system to enable the reliable movement of an ever growing amount of people, goods and services (EPA). Despite the inevitability of inclement weather, Americans expect these systems to be maintained in order to allow for safe travel (EPA). Every year in the northeastern United States, municipalities are forced to find solutions to the myriad of problems presented by the accumulation of snow and ice on their roadways and bridges.
A new Government Road Safety Strategy was recently launched for the years 2013 to 2020. A number of actions from the strategy will directly feed into our program over the coming years. These actions include;
This affects Canada because, the forests of Canada are very vulnerable to the affects of climate change, and it may cause forest fires. Forests are home to species that are at risk when forest fires occur.
...orting about highway performance on congestion, safety, road surface condition, and finance, project development, and public involvement.
Global warming has a big impact on climate change. It happens when green house gases like carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide and methane trap the heat and light from the sun in the earth surface (Global warming and its effects). This is how the temperature is increased. The green house effect is when the temperature rises because the sun’s heat and light is trapped in the earth’s atmosphere (Green house effect). This is like when heat is trapped in a car, o...
In early of the morning there are usually very few vehicles on the roads –in the U.S.A , this traffic is termed as the “O.W.L” . Around 6a.m., however, early manual workers appear on the scene , together with vehicles delivering ...
For many years climate change has become a crucial issue around the globe. The environment has considerably deteriorated by the change of climate: seasons are shifting, the earth 's climate is changing, sea levels are rising and ice is melting. Global warming and the greenhouse effect is a topic that is becoming more and more concerning and a lot of research is done in order to examine what the issues are and how these affect the economy (Stern, 2006; CCRA, 2012) but also business industry and politics (Hanley & Owen, 2004). This phenomenon is a result of approximately 100 years of carbon-dioxide emission (amongst other greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere (Stern, 2006). It is a serious phenomenon affecting the environment and living organisms.