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Sorry in advance, my mic quality is not great and did not load well with the video, it is very loud compared to Natalie and Farah and sounds like a Transformer. I have attached my script paragraph below. Also, the video is slightly longer as the audio is delayed a few seconds. My apologies once again.
-Isaiah
Isaiah’s script:
Our goal is to increase the use of public transit by encouraging the 44,000 students at the University of Alberta to use a new bus route modeled off the parallel transit system in the city of St Thomas. This bus route would utilize some of the new electric buses the city has purchased and travels from a designated spot in an Edmonton adjacent suburban neighborhood and the University campus. This route would regularly run every hour during weekdays and Saturdays during the school year. This route would use the 216, 2, and 14 highways to travel much faster than the regular busses, and would operate more as a shuttle for members of the University rather than a public bus. An additional benefit would be the new access to housing available to students, as living outside the central areas of Edmonton would no longer be an inconvenience.
Group Members:
Farah Khalid - Memorial University Engineering, [email protected]
Isaiah Brunt - Dalhousie University Engineering, [email protected]
Natalie Anderson - Queen’s University Life Sciences, [email protected]
<aside> 💡 We aim to solve the problem of public transportation in Edmonton. According to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) analyzed by Statista, cars and vans were the highest emitter among all modes of transportation worldwide about 48% of global carbon dioxide emissions from transportation in 2022 (Fleck, 2023). Collectively, the transportation sector is generating over seven billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Stephanie refers to Edmonton as the “car city” in her article, claiming that the roads seem to be crowded with motors (Dubois, 2019). With 44,000 students attending the University of Alberta (Townsend, 2023), many find public transit inconvenient, lacking access to specific destinations and unreliable travel times. By solving these problems and encouraging students to use public transit, the number of cars on roads can be reduced hence lowering the amount of carbon emissions.
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In order to reduce carbon emissions from cars we propose improving the public transportation routes making them more reliable and efficient to encourage individuals to use a sustainable option for their travels. This route will use the major highways around Edmonton to link communities with the University of Alberta. The chosen neighborhoods should currently have lots of apartments and local amenities for new and existing students to use. We propose the electric buses the city of Edmonton has recently purchased be used as the shuttle.
This bus route will operate through the school year and run every hour, with later night routes being designated around exam seasons. Each bus station will be equipped with a bike storage facility publicly available to all through a day pass or one-time purchase to encourage bike usage.