Ensayo Decision Making
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A Decision Analysis of the Gondola Line Project
Munnaf Prasla
Rufat Ramazanov
Rayini Vamsi Krishna
Ramindar Sandhu
Jaipal Singh
Fairleigh Dickenson University
February 6th, 2012
SimonFraser University’s main campus is situated atop Burnaby Mountain where currently 18,200 students commute to school during the week. This means heavy traffic and commute during the week where hordes ofstudents make their way to and from the university on a daily basis. Even though, the university is only 2.7 kilometres away from the nearest Skytrain station, the mountain adds another 300 meters dueto its elevation. Additionally, the growing number of students in the university is projected to reach 25,000 in the near future. Apart from the SFU campus, there is a community of 3,000 individuals,that is expected to increase to 10,000 in the future (Fisher and Rolin, 2011, P.2).This brings forth a challenge to urban and city planners as they brainstorm and submit proposals to city council toavoid an eminent transit nightmare.
A highly publicized and debated solution to the eventual growth of Burnaby Mountain was brought forward to the transit committee. The proposal included an upgradeto the transit system from the current method of bussing students to installing a high capacity Gondola Line from the mountain to the nearest Skytrain station. This idea brought the transit committee,Translink, into a situation where they had to make a decision which involved thousands of commuters and millions of dollars.
The decision involved various and revolving variables which thecommittee had to decide upon. First, following the media announcement of the proposal there was outcry by local residents about the consequences the line would have to the environment and to theneighbourhood which were around the proposed line. Additionally there are concerns about the costs of the project which was estimated at $120 million with operating costs running at $3.5 million.(Fisher &...
Munnaf Prasla
Rufat Ramazanov
Rayini Vamsi Krishna
Ramindar Sandhu
Jaipal Singh
Fairleigh Dickenson University
February 6th, 2012
SimonFraser University’s main campus is situated atop Burnaby Mountain where currently 18,200 students commute to school during the week. This means heavy traffic and commute during the week where hordes ofstudents make their way to and from the university on a daily basis. Even though, the university is only 2.7 kilometres away from the nearest Skytrain station, the mountain adds another 300 meters dueto its elevation. Additionally, the growing number of students in the university is projected to reach 25,000 in the near future. Apart from the SFU campus, there is a community of 3,000 individuals,that is expected to increase to 10,000 in the future (Fisher and Rolin, 2011, P.2).This brings forth a challenge to urban and city planners as they brainstorm and submit proposals to city council toavoid an eminent transit nightmare.
A highly publicized and debated solution to the eventual growth of Burnaby Mountain was brought forward to the transit committee. The proposal included an upgradeto the transit system from the current method of bussing students to installing a high capacity Gondola Line from the mountain to the nearest Skytrain station. This idea brought the transit committee,Translink, into a situation where they had to make a decision which involved thousands of commuters and millions of dollars.
The decision involved various and revolving variables which thecommittee had to decide upon. First, following the media announcement of the proposal there was outcry by local residents about the consequences the line would have to the environment and to theneighbourhood which were around the proposed line. Additionally there are concerns about the costs of the project which was estimated at $120 million with operating costs running at $3.5 million.(Fisher &...
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