Smarter thinking around people, places and transport

A hub can be for people or goods

A hub could be intermodal

A hub is the boundary

A hub can be an interchange

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Aurecon’s HUB-id integrates land use form and transport function to improve economic viability.

Gautrain Centurion Viaduct South Africa

Bernard van Biljon Technical Director, Transport ServicesBrian Smith Technical Leader, Transport Services

Achieving resilienceUnderstanding how cities flow and finding sustainable pathways between city centres and suburban developments requires unique planning that links transport, land use and property development to create smart integrated urban design for communities. It requires a collaborative approach to urban planning that appreciates the complex human interactions that take place around a HUB — whether that’s an intermodal transport facility, a town centre, a suburb or a sporting facility.

In creating places for people that also make economic and environmental sense, HUB-id moves away from the traditional and establishes a consolidated approach that links integrated transport planning, transit orientated development and place-making to cater for individual destinations (id) and not only the transport mode.

This holistic approach to public transport and land use creates solutions that take account of people’s actual destinations and behaviours in environmental, economic and social contexts and can provide significant benefits for city and regional authorities as well as commercial and retail operators and developers.

“ HUB-id allows us to fully integrate planners, engineers, architects, urban designers, transport modellers, economists, and property professionals, to connect people with places through create highly integrated places for people and business.”

Brian Smith Technical Leader, Transport Services

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Wayfinding

Travel demand management

Delivering integrationThrough an already-integrated multi-discipline team, supported by an innovative toolset, our methodology involves simultaneously considering the social, economic and environmental objectives of a precinct and then integrating transport modes to find an optimal transport solution.

For Aurecon the concept of the Hub is also a mechanism for drawing together and inspiring the work of planners, engineers, architects and urban designers, transport and traffic modellers toward a common focus on movement, and people.

Smart assessment HUB-Trips a strategic integrated transport and land use option assessment tool, which will allow rapid and robust assessment of strategic options for public transport services, routes and stations, including interactive assessment of land use changes such as intensification.

Integrated services

transport infrastructure feasibility, planning and design

concepts

Smarter thinking

3D visualisation and animationScreen capture of HUB-id Trips user interface

Precinct planning

Land-use planning

Public transport

Intelligent transport systems

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design and placemaking

Transport planning and engineering

Urban and regional planning

Transport logistics

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HUB-id in action

“ The intricate cogs and levers in the clockwork of land use development and transport need to be finely balanced to create corridors and precincts that are no longer simply waypoints on a journey to a designation, but are destinations in their own right.”

Bernard van Biljon Technical Director, Transport Services

Optimising land useCity of Johannesburg precinct plansSouth Africa

Development Strategy is very clear about its vision for urban spaces: i.e. that of creating “A spatial form that embraces the principles of integration, efficiency and sustainability, and realises tangible increases in accessibility, amenity, and quality of life for all communities and citizens”. Aurecon was awarded a tender

determine a development strategy and

Bus Rapid Transport and rail precincts that will optimise the existing surrounding land use and reflect the city’s vision.

The plans revolve around transit-oriented development (TOD) precincts which entail mixed-use residential or commercial areas designed to maximise access to public transport. Aurecon is utilising state-of-the-art software to analyse the operational efficiency of existing transport and to test land use planning and associated transport demand alternatives. The project is unique in South Africa because it is a prime example of “twin city” spatial planning which integrates the Soweto

The influence the project will have on the lives of ordinary citizens in these regions is a combination of improved access to reliable public transport, enhanced economic opportunities and, ultimately, a sustainable way of life.

Eglinton Station land take study

land developers wanted to identify land requirements and integration principles for a new rail station and interchange near Yanchep. A key objective of the project was to ensure operational efficiency while establishing a high degree of integration of the station with the planned town centre.

To achieve this Aurecon commenced work to understand important elements including the role that buses would have in providing sustainable access to both the station for commuters, and the town centre for workers, shoppers and other visitors. This includes the provision and management of park and ride facilities to encourage early use of the rail station as an alternative to

ensure minimal impact on the future development of the town centre.

The Aurecon HUB-id approach equipped the project with urban design and development market understanding to influence development, including exploiting planned excavation and

Operational efficiency

ground levels to integrate centre and station parking, encouraging dual-use of facilities and allowing for development to be integrated with the station, and the provision of low-key transport interchange facilities. This avoided creating a barrier between the station and the surrounding community and ensured the common focus on sustainability, movement and people.

Integrated urban designRebuilding ChristchurchNew Zealand

After a series of strong earthquakes that struck the New Zealand city of

set about developing an infrastructure rebuild plan to repair damaged pipes, services, roads and infrastructure.

A rebuild blueprint has been delivered by

central business district. A key component of the blueprint is ‘The frame’ around the central district which is made up of various unique themed precincts. Located in the southern frame, the first of those precincts is the health precinct. The HUB-id methodology was utilised to identify transport mode priority, infrastructure for all modes, parking strategies and quality public transport interchanges. These transport orientated elements then assisted the wider integrated team in land use types, locations and economic investment opportunities of the precinct.

About AureconAurecon provides engineering, management and specialist technical services for public and private sector clients globally. The group, with an office network extending across 25 countries, has been involved in projects in over 80 countries across

East and employs around 7 500 people throughout

achievement in all aspects of our work.

Aurecon offices are located in:

South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam.

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Shaun Hardcastle

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New ZealandSteve Dudley Associate, Transport Services T 64 9 520 7374 M +64 21 455 002 E steve.dudley@aurecongroup.com

AustraliaBrian SmithTechnical Leader, Transport ServicesT +61 2 9465 5627M +61 400 517 425E brian.smith@aurecongroup.com

South AfricaBernard Van BiljonTechnical Director, Transportation

T +27 12 427 2565M +27 83 258 2590 E bernard.vanbiljon@aurecongroup.com

Andy StevensonTechnical Director, Transport ServicesT +971 4 325 5576 M +971 56 3706813E andy.stevenson@aurecongroup.com