地下系统推动蒙特利尔中心城区的经济发展

The Underground System as Economic Generator for Montreal's Central City

蒙特利尔地下系统是在蒙特利尔市的公共交通战略决策下由私营公司开发的。总的说来,这套系统取得了很大成功,也是保持市中心活力的主要因素。不过,系统的一部分发展势头良好,另一些部分则在系统扩建后价值下跌。系统中行人流量的大幅度变化可以归因于市中心核心区内步行系统的复杂性、地铁站和办公楼选址。行人流量的巨大变化直接影响了与地下系统连接的商业空间的经济价值。尽管蒙特利尔市推动了整体相互联结的系统开发,但地下系统的实际运营显示出,应该更关注地下和地面之间联系的建设。这项研究有助于对扩建地下系统带来的影响进行评估。

The Underground System was developed by private initiative following strategic decisions on public transportation by the City. Overall, the system is highly successful and contributes in a major way to the vitality of the city centre. Nevertheless, parts of the system have prospered and grown, while others have lost value as the system has expanded. Large variation in pedestrian flow across the system can be explained by the complexity of the path system, the location of the metro stations and office buildings in the downtown core. High variation in pedestrian flow has direct consequences on the economic value of commercial space connected to the Underground. While the City has promoted the development of a single, connected system, the actual operations of the Underground suggest that more effort should be expended on developing connections between underground and surface levels. This research helps support an evaluation of the impact of expansion proposals for the Underground system.