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Egl glint nton on-Scarb rbor orou ough C gh Cross osstown n LR LRT Upd pdate Councillor Matlow and Councillor Stintz Town Hall February 28 2012 Presented by: Anna Pace, Director Strategic Partnerships, TTC Transit Expansion

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Councillor Matlow and Councillor Stintz Town Hall February 28 2012 Presented by: Anna Pace, Director Strategic Partnerships, TTC Transit Expansion Department

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Eglinton 32 & 34 buses carry 68,500 riders every weekday.

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Eglinton has one of the highest ridership of all bus and streetcar routes.

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Importance of Transit to Cities

  • increase City’s competitive (World Bank, OECD, FCM,

UN) stimulate economic growth, attract business

  • generate, support employment
  • provide accessibility for mobility impaired
  • reduce automobile congestion, costs
  • reduce pollution, improve air quality
  • influence land uses, create more-efficient city

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Toronto Transit Projects

Metrolinx Funding Commitment $8.4 Billion for Transit in Toronto

  • Metrolinx approves scope, budget and

schedule, contracts

  • Metrolinx owns the transit assets

TTC delivers Crosstown on behalf of Metrolinx

  • project manages: design, engineering, construction,

community relations

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City Cou ty Counc ncil D Dec ecisi sion F Feb ebru ruary y 8, 2012 Lig ight R Rail ail Tran ansit f for Toronto – 52 52 km Pen endin ding M Metrolin inx D Deci ecisio sion

Expert Advisory Panel to advise City Council on transit for Sheppard Avenue Alignment connecting to the Eglinton Maintenance Storage Facility (MSF) is under review

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$1.8 B

$0.94 B

$1.0 B

$4.98 B

$8.7 B Total $8.4 B Province/Metrolinx $0.3 B Federal

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As per City Council decision February 8, 2012 Pending Metrolinx approval (Stations and stops under review)

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10 km central underground:

Keele – Laird

9 km at-grade

Jane – Keele Laird - Kennedy

6 km SRT conversion

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Crosstown LRT Benefits

Faster transit service

  • 15 minutes Keele – Yonge

More reliable

  • underground and separate right-of-way

Integrated with TTC network

  • Connects with 3 subway lines and 54 bus routes (40% of

all TTC routes)

Accessible

  • low floor vehicle and accessible stations

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Crosstown Transit Project - Progress

Planning

  • Eglinton Crosstown and Scarborough RT EAs approved 2010

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Crosstown Transit Project –Progress

West Launch Shaft – Construction started August 2011

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  • Piling rigs are building concrete

support walls for the future tunnel launch shaft

  • Soil testing for the tunnel and stations

continues from Keele Street to Kennedy Station in Scarborough

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Launch S h Shaf haft R t Rend ndering ring

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Launch Shaft: 60m Long; 20m wide; 16m deep

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Tunnel Boring Machines

  • Machines will commence

midtown tunnel in mid- 2012

  • Manufactured by Lovat Inc.,

a Toronto company employs 380 people in Etobicoke

  • A single machine’s average

mining rate for lined tunnel is 75 metres a week

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West Tunnel Contract – Keele St. to Yonge St.

  • To be awarded mid 2012

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Crosstown Transit Project – Progress Stat atio ion Desi Design

7 stations under design Public consultations held:

  • Bathurst (November 28, 2011)
  • Dufferin (January 25, 2012)
  • Eglinton West (February 2, 2012)
  • Keele (February 9, 2012)

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Conceptual Design Study

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Station Layout

Cross-Section Cross-Section

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Urban Design Principles

Respond to and integrate with the neighbourhood

  • Not a “One size fits all”
  • Minimizing impacts & enhance access

Preserve opportunities for future development

  • Preserve for intensification and

redevelopment

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Urban Design Principles

Facilitate access by a full range of transit users

  • Accessible
  • Legible and easy to Use

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Promote a safe and enjoyable user experience

  • Creating safer environments
  • Promoting user comfort
  • Opportunities for enjoyment through art and

design

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Urban Design Principles

Design for the long-term sustainability of the system

  • Sustainably designed
  • Maintainable over the long term

Reinforce and enhance the local “sense of place”

  • Balancing branding and

neighbourhood identity

  • High quality design
  • Opportunities for place-making

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Public Realm

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Public Realm Elements

Bicycle Facilities Wayfinding

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Architectural Design

Below-Grade Elements

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  • Create memorable, safe environment
  • Opportunity to provide individual

station identity through art , materials, textures, color, and creative lighting.

  • Use of standard elements
  • Maintainable and cost effective
  • Daylighting / creative artificial

lighting

  • Wayfinding
  • Integrated artwork
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Eglinton Corridor Avenue Study

  • City Planning dedicated staff team
  • stations and land use integrated two-year study

Metrolinx Mobility Hub

  • Mount Dennis/Black Creek
  • Kennedy Station

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Crosstown Transit Project - Progress

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Crosstown Station Construction

  • Utility and early works to start in summer 2012

(Keele Station)

  • 2013-2017 – underground station construction
  • 3-4 years for typical station, Eglinton West &

Yonge more complex

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Light Rail Light Rail Vehic hicles

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New LRVs will be:

  • 100% low floor with level boarding at stations
  • Air conditioned
  • Audio and visual passenger information
  • Manufactured in Thunder Bay
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Potential Interior Layout

Light Rail Light Rail Vehic hicles

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  • Focus on Community Relations
  • City –TTC collaboration

– Station design – City Avenues Study

  • Use International Best Practices

– Design and Construction

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Relatio ations

  • Dedicated Community Relations Team
  • 2 way communications between community and project

team

  • Focus on proactive outreach and information
  • Early consultation on

elements important to communities

  • Construction Liaison

Committees

  • Community and Business

advocate

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TTC C Co Communi mmunity R Rel elat atio ions s

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1848 Eglinton Avenue West (at Dufferin St)

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Eglinton Crosstown LRT For The Future

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Light Rail Light Rail Trans ransit it

  • high capacity, expandable
  • reliable fast service

– 23-25 km/hr (streetcars 10-12 km/hr)

  • affordable: 60% - 70% cheaper than subways
  • high quality: quiet, comfortable
  • attracts high ridership
  • environmentally-friendly: zero local emissions
  • increases land values, attracts development
  • convenient community access
  • Lower cost 3-5 times coverage

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Cit itie ies I Impleme menting nting Light ight Rail Rail

151 cities worldwide - 45 cities in North America

Calgary  Florence  Ottawa  Venice  Vancouver  Toulouse  Montreal  Dunkerque  Winnipeg  Paris  Washington  Hamburg  Tucson  Madrid  Honolulu  Nottingham  Los Angeles  Edinburgh  Portland  Galway

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Cit itie ies I Impleme menting nting Light ight Rail Rail

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 Brisbane  Dakar  Canberra  Abu Dhabi  Ho Chin Min City  Venice  Hanoi  Malmo  Macau  Bergen  Copenhagen  Buenos Aires  Luxembourg  Brasilia  Dubai  Rio de Janeiro  Jerusalem  San Salvador  Tel Aviv  Panama City

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What hat C Can an We Achie hieve f for

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Council Decision Feb. 8/12 Eglinton (East) Underground No Finch No Sheppard Eglinton (East) At Grade Finch LRT Sheppard LRT Annual Ridership 14 million 46 million Annual New Rides 12 million 23 million Trip Time Savings 6 minutes 25 minutes Total Travel Time Savings (average weekday) 5,000 hours per day 58,000 hours per day Population Served 31,000 135,000 Priority Neighbourhoods 1 6 Total Network Capacity 60,000 pphpd 66,000 pphpd

“Eglinton (East) refers to section from Leslie to Kennedy

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LR LRT A At-Grad Grade

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Wit ith L LRT

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Dre Dresden, Ge German rmany

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Than ank Y k You

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