Western Light Rail Transit Corridor Planning and ...

Western Light Rail Transit CorridorPlanning and Environmental

Assessment Study

1 May 2013

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Presentation Overview

1. Where We Began• Background and Study Area

2. Understanding the Carling Options• Transportation Network Perspective• City‐Building Perspective• Transportation Performance Perspective

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3. Proposed Rapid Transit Network

4. What We Heard (so far)• Community and NCC Concerns

5. Where We Are Headed

5. Summary and Next Steps

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Council Direction:June 27, 2012

• The City presented details and preliminary analysis of 15 corridors

• Council was not satisfied • Identified that clear interests of the community must be considered and reflected

• Directed to align with City, NCC planning initiatives

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Study Context(2008 TMP)

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Study Area

Bayview Station Operational 2018

Tunney’s Pasture Station operational 2018

Baseline Station / Algonquin Campus

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O-Train

Queensway

Corridors Considered Initially (15)7

O‐Train

Holland

Island Park

Kirkwood

Tweedsmuir/HydroBroadview

Churchill

Woodroffe

Richmond

Rochester Field

Cleary

Understanding the Carling Options

• Compromises the network and operations

• Would require continued bus service in the north, including using the Parkway for the foreseeable future

• 2 – 3 times the cost of other options

• Potentially very visually intrusive

• 7.1 km underground is impractical

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Carling via O‐Train

Not Recommended for Further Analysis

Transportation Network Perspective: Fractured Network

O-Train (and service from the airport) terminates at Carling and requires a transfer

O-Train cannot connect to Gatineau

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Reduced transit service to Tunney’s, Westboro, and Dominion

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Transportation Network Perspective: Connection to Tunney’s Pasture

From East:Every 3-4 train to Tunney’s

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From South West:Transfer at Baseline(replacing Tunney’s)ORMaintain BRT connection

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From South:Transfer at Carling and LeBreton


Reduced transit service to Tunney’s, Westboro, and Dominion

O-Train cannot connect to Gatineau

Transportation Network Perspective: Capacity Implications

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30 trains/hr.(2 min. service)

6 trains/hr.(10 min. service)

10-minute service inadequatefor employment at Tunney’s

24 trains/hr.(2.5 min. service)

Inadequate for demand fromthe west and southwest

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City‐Building Perspective

• Elevated Guideway• Lincoln Fields• Experimental Farm• Over Queensway (along the Capital Arrival Route)

• Negative impact of infrastructure on view corridors

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Transportation Performance Perspective

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Travel Time = Ridership

Baseline to Tunney’s Pasture

• Choosing Carling Avenue adds between 3 – 13 minutes to a passengers’ trip

Transportation Performance Perspective: “Hybrid” Primary

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Transfer Points

Supplementary Corridor (TBD)

Primary Corridor

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Lincoln FieldsCarling/O-Train

Less efficient Primary line (longer)

Supplementary line that would focus on local needs is problematic -fractured

Population and Employment:18

Tunney’s Pasture

Ottawa Hospital Civic CampusCarlingwood Mall

Proposed Rapid Transit Network19

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Lincoln Fields‐Baseline Connection

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• Portion south of Lincoln Fields is common to all as it generally follows the current Southwest Transitway

• BRT and LRT in corridor between Lincoln Fields and Queensway

• New BRT connection to Queensway

• Iris Station will be modified to suit LRT

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Lincoln Fields‐Baseline ConnectionStage 1

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Lincoln Fields‐Baseline Connection –Stage 2

Iris Station

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Option C – Deep Trench

Option B – Shallow Trench

Option A – Cul-de-sac

What We Heard (so far)

Community Concerns

• Should protect – not ruin – Byron Linear Park

• Should connect – not physically divide – community

• Should encourage – not restrict – access to greenspace, waterfront and pathway network

• Should avoid – not make use of – the Parkway

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Parkway (Magenta)Where it fell short:

• Restricts access to greenspace, waterfront and pathway network

• Relies on using the Parkway

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Richmond via Churchill (Blue)Where it fell short:

• Ruins Byron Linear Park• Physically divides community• Does little to encourage/improve access to waterfront pathways and parkland

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Richmond via Rochester Field (Yellow)

Where it fell short:• Ruins Byron Linear Park• Physically divides community

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CPR‐Richmond (Red)Where it fell short:

• Does little to protect Byron Linear Park west of Woodroffe

• Does little to encourage/improve access to waterfront pathways and parkland

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Where We Are Headed

• Challenged ourselves to find options that respond to what we heard, while:

• Maintaining the integrity of transit long range financial plan

• Meeting transit ridership goals• Allowing for continued citywide network investments

• Solutions

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Richmond Underground• Protects Byron Linear Park and keeps LRT off the Ottawa River Parkway

• Maintains community connectivity• Encourages access to greenspace, waterfront and pathway network

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Richmond Underground ‐ North

• Protects Byron Linear Park• Maintains community connectivity• Encourages access to greenspace, waterfront and pathway network

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Estimated Costs

• Class D planning estimates• based on conceptual plans• 40 per cent contingencies• +/‐ 25 per cent• consistent with City policy

• In 2013 dollars

• Not including inflation to construction year and variable elements (fleet and maintenance facility)

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Estimated Costs2013 +/‐ 25%

Carling via O‐Train: $2.3 B

Richmond via Churchill: $2.2 B

CPR Richmond: $1.1 B

Richmond via Rochester Field: $960 M

Richmond Underground: $900 M

Richmond Underground‐North: $880 M

Parkway: $630 M

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Summary

• Richmond Underground is preferred option

• Responds to clear community and NCC concerns• Most cost‐effective investment• Improves community and network transit service• Promotes transit ridership and City growth • Allows for citywide network expansions further

east and south

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Use of Former CPR Rail Bed ‐Skead Street (view North from Westminster)

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Use of Former CPR Rail Bed ‐Skead Street

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Cleary Station – open air

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Cleary Station – view from the River

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Cleary Station – view from the pathway network

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Cleary Station – aerial view

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New Orchard Station

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Richmond Underground (cross section)

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Richmond Byron Linear Park

New Orchard Station

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Next Steps

• Your input needed ‐ [email protected]• Transportation Committee and Council in June 2013

• Functional Design and EA Documentation• Decision included in 2013 TMP (late June)

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Questions?

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