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Western Light Rail Transit CorridorPlanning and Environmental

Assessment Study

Public Open House #2

25 April 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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Presentation Overviewctd

3. Proposed Rapid Transit Network

4. What We Heard (so far)

Community Concerns

5. Where We Are Headed

6. Summary

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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 planninginitiatives

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Study Context

(2008 TMP)

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Study Area

Bayview Station LRT operational 2018

Tunneys Pasture Station LRT operational 2018

Baseline Station / Algonquin Campus

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O-Train

Queensway


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Corridors Considered Initially (15)7

O-Train

Holland

Island Park

Kirkwood

Tweedsmuir/HydroBroadview

Churchill

Woodroffe

Richmond

Rochester Field

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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


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Transportation Network Perspective:

Fractured Network

O-Train (andservice from the

airport) terminates

at Carling and

requires a transfer

O-Train cannotconnect to Gatineau

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Reduced transit service

to Tunneys, Westboro,

and Dominion

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Connection to Tunneys Pasture

From East:Every 3-4 train to Tunneys

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From South West:

Transfer at Baseline

(replacing Tunneys)

OR

Maintain BRT connection

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From East:Every 3-4 train to Tunneys

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Transfer at Lincoln Fields

(replacing Tunneys)

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From South:

Transfer at

Carling andLeBreton

From East:

Every 3-4 train to Tunneys

Reduced transit service

to Tunneys, Westboro,

and Dominion

O-Train cannot connectto Gatineau


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Capacity Implications

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30 trains/hr.

(2 min. service)

6 trains/hr.(10 min. service)

10-minute service inadequate

for employment at Tunney

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24 trains/hr.(2.5 min. service)

Inadequate for demand from

the 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 ofinfrastructure on view

corridors

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Transportation Performance

Perspective

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Travel Time = Ridership

Baseline to Tunneys Pasture

Choosing Carling Avenue adds between 3 13

minutes to a passengers trip

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Transportation Performance Perspective:

Hybrid Primary

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Transfer Points

Supplementary Corridor (TBD)

Primary Corridor

Tunney

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Bayview

Lincoln Fields

Carling/O-Train

Less efficient Primary

line (longer)

Supplementary line that

would focus on localneeds is problematic -

fractured


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Population and Employment:18

Tunneys Pasture

Ottawa Hospital Civic CampusCarlingwood Mall

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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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Stage 1

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Iris Station

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Option C Deep Trench

Option B Shallow Trench

Option A

Cul-de-sac

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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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www.ottawa.ca/westernLRT

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)


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)


Ruins Byron Linear Park

Physically divides community

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CPR-Richmond (Red)


Does little to protect Byron Linear Park west ofWoodroffe

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 Costs


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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


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

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Low Impact Trains

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Use of Former CPR Rail Bed


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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


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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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New Orchard Station

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(cross section)

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Richmond Byron Linear Park

New Orchard Station


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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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