Planning for transportation within northern Canadian communities presents
unique challenges, but new research tools offer opportunities for testing potentially
innovative solutions that might help improve mobility within these communities. In
particular, problem solving has been enriched in recent years by using the spatial
modeling methods offered by Geographical Information Systems (GIS). This thesis first
reviews various GIS methods before applying one method – the ‘Route Utility Theory’ –
to a newly-developed set of metrics for determining the cost of alternate modes of intracommunity
transportation. This set of metrics is applied to a data set that represents the
trips or journeys made by non-car users in Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut Territory.
GIS data on roads, walking trails, land contours, and public and residential
neighbourhoods are analyzed. The results facilitate comparisons between road options
and trail options for improving the movement of people within Iqaluit. Five bus routes
were then custom designed and compared using the study’s metrics. The study found
that increasing bus and trail options within Iqaluit would provide more efficient options
for non-car users. It is argued that the study’s metrics can be adapted for application in
other northern communities, and possibly in other isolated and rural communities in
different world situations. / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/3770 |
| Date | 22 December 2011 |
| Creators | Copithorne, Dana |
| Contributors | McCann, L. D. |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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