Western LRT Corridor Planning and Environmental Assessment Study y

Ottawa Forest and Green Space Advisory Committee 30 May 2011

PresentationAgenda Presentation Agenda

StudyOverview y TMPRapidTransitNetwork CorridorsOverview CorridorsEvaluation PublicConsultation

StudyOverview

TMPRapidTransitNetwork

RegionalandLocalNeeds Regional and Local Needs

Internal Trips External Trips

PrimaryCorridors Primary Corridors

Higherspeed Stationsfurtherapart(800 2000m) Substantialstationfacilities Supportsnodaldevelopment FullyexclusiveROW

SupplementaryCorridors Supplementary Corridors

Lowerspeed Stationsclosertogether(400 800m) Simplerstationfacilities Supportslineardevelopment Partially exclusiveROW Partiallyexclusive ROW

NetworkImplications: y PrimaryCorridorintheNorth

NetworkImplications: CarlingasPrimaryCorridor Carling as Primary Corridor

NetworkImplications: Hybrid Primary Corridor HybridPrimaryCorridor

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OperationalRequirementsforWLRTC Operational Requirements for WLRTC

Capacity p y TrainOperations GradeSeparation DesignStandards

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CorridorsConsidered Corridors Considered

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PreliminaryScreeningofCorridors Preliminary Screening of Corridors

FatalflawanalysisofAlternativeCorridors y
Basedprimarilyonfeasibility/constructability Alsoconsideredothershowstopperissues

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Carling
Tweedsmuir/Hydro Churchill OTrain Broadview Kirkwood

IslandPark

Holland

AlternativesScreenedOut: Alternatives Screened Out: Broadview Tweedsmuir/Hydro IslandPark Island Park Holland

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Carling OptionsCarriedForward Carling Options Carried Forward

OTrain Churchill Kirkwood

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Richmond/Byron
RochesterField Cleary Laneway/ORP Richmond Churchill

McRae

Woodroffe/Carling

Alternativesscreenedout: ChurchillviaRichmond McRaeviaRichmond McRae via Byron McRaeviaByron ORP/Laneway

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Richmond/Byron OptionsCarriedForward Richmond/Byron Options Carried Forward

RochesterField Cleary Churchill(viaByron)

Richmond

Woodroffe/Carling CarlingSupplementaryLine Carling S pplementar Line

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OttawaRiverParkway Ottawa River Parkway

PrimaryLine

CarlingSupplementaryLine

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OttawaRiverParkway OptionCarriedForward Ottawa River Parkway Option Carried Forward

RochesterField ReuseExistingLanes Cleary Churchill(viaByron)

Richmond

Woodroffe/Carling CarlingSupplementaryLine Carling S pplementar Line

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DevelopmentofConceptualCorridorAlignments Development of Conceptual Corridor Alignments

Studyteamhasdevelopedalignmentoptionsforcorridors y p g p carriedforwardfrompreliminaryscreening Multipleoptionsforsomealignmentswillneedtobe evaluated(e.g.atgradeandunderground) l t d( t d d d d) Additionalissuestobeaddressedatdesignstage:
Station location and layout Stationlocationandlayout PinecrestCreekcorridorsegmentdesign(gradeseparations, QueenswayStation)

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CarlingviaOTrain g

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CarlingviaKirkwood Carling via Kirkwood

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CarlingviaChurchill Carling via Churchill

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Carling Carling Concepts

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Richmond/ByronviaChurchill Richmond/Byron via Churchill

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Richmond/ByronviaChurchill Richmond/Byron via Churchill

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Richmond/ByronviaRochesterField Richmond/Byron via Rochester Field

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Richmond/ByronviaRochesterField Richmond/Byron via Rochester Field

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Richmond/ByronviaCleary/ORP Richmond/Byron via Cleary/ORP

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Richmond/ByronviaCleary/ORP Richmond/Byron via Cleary/ORP

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Richmond/Byron Richmond/Byron Concepts

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OttawaRiverParkway Ottawa River Parkway

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OttawaRiverParkway Ottawa River Parkway Concepts

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CorridorEvaluationCriteria
PromoteSmartGrowth CompatibilitywithAdjacentCommunities ProtectHistorical,CulturalandArchaeologicalResources CreateSuccessfulRapidTransitStations ProvideaSafeFacility IncreaseRidership,MobilityandCapacity I Rid hi M bilit dC it MaximizeSensitivitytoNaturalEnvironment ApplySustainableDesignBestPractices Apply Sustainable Design Best Practices WisePublicInvestment

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PreliminaryCriteriaWeightingResults Preliminary Criteria Weighting Results

Criteria Category Promote Smart Growth Compatibility with Adjacent Communities Protect Historical Cultural and Archaeological Historical, Resources Create Successful Rapid Transit Stations Provide a Safe Facility Increase Ridership, Mobility and Capacity Maximize Sensitivity to Natural Environment Apply Sustainable Design Best Practices Wise Public Investment Study Team 11.21 13.04 10.39 12.07 6.50 13.79 8.32 6.93 17.75 ACG 13.62 10.75 9.58 10.32 9.71 11.94 13.17 10.50 10.42 PCG 12.23 14.09 12.36 13.05 7.27 12.32 11.05 9.14 8.50 BCG 11.25 10.00 6.75 20.75 9.50 16.75 5.75 4.75 14.50 Blended 12.08 11.97 9.77 14.05 8.25 13.70 9.57 7.83 12.79

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PublicConsultation
ACG/BCG/PCG ACG/BCG/PCG Planningworkshop POH#1 JointACG/BCG/PCGmeeting (3meetingsto date) (3 meetings todate) (September,2010) (November2010) (March2011)

ACG/BCG/PCG POH #2 POH#2 TransportationCommittee

(Evaluationresults) (Evaluationresults) (Evaluation results) (TechnicallyPreferredCorridor)

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QuestionsandSuggestions Questions and Suggestions