Transportation Planning and Modal Integration...
27 June 2006
Transportation Planning and Modal Integration Project Announced
The following is excerpted from a news release issued on 26 June by Transport Canada; the release is available at http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/nat/2006/06-h057e.htm.
The government has announced awards of more than $1 million to 13 projects to advance transportation planning. Information on the projects of interest to members follows.
1. Simulation Model of Container Transport Security for the Vancouver Gateway
The University of British Columbia will receive up to $23,250 to develop a simulation model of the movement of seaborne international containers through the Vancouver gateway in order to model the benefits and costs of alternative security options. The model will represent the operational characteristics of all participants in the container transport chain.
2. False Creek Flats Rail Corridor Strategy
The City of Vancouver will receive up to $85,000 to complete a long-term multimodal transportation planning study of the rail corridor connecting the False Creek Flats to the Burrard Inlet from the Grandview Cut to the Port of Vancouver. This study will explore passenger and freight rail infrastructure issues including where grade separations with pedestrians, cyclists, transit, trucks and private vehicles are needed over the next 50 years.
3. Modelling the Impact of Growing Overseas Trade on Canadian Seaports: A System
Dynamics Approach
McGill University will receive up to $83,317 to develop integrated models of overseas trade and seaport operations and dynamics to promote the seamless integration of freight transportation by water, road and rail.
4. Halifax Regional Municipality – Halifax Inland Terminal Plan
The Halifax Regional Municipality will receive up to $57,000 to develop a business plan for the construction and operation of an inland terminal at Rocky Lake in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The project will build on the findings of a previous Halifax Inland Terminal and Trucking Options Study.