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Behind the curtain: How technical analysis shapes and is shaped by the political process University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute Oct 11, 2019 Daniel Haufschild, Arup Charles Hwang, Arup Behind the curtain: How technical


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Behind the curtain: How technical analysis shapes and is shaped by the political process

University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute Oct 11, 2019 Daniel Haufschild, Arup Charles Hwang, Arup

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Behind the curtain: How technical analysis shapes and is shaped by the political process

  • 1. Transportation is City Building
  • 2. Decision process trumps technical
  • 3. Integrity matters: compromise without being compromised
  • 4. Storytelling is part of the job description
  • 5. Answering the right questions with the right information
  • What is the question at hand? (planning vs. design)
  • Was the question answered?
  • Is it the right question?
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  • Triage
  • Planning vs.

design decisions

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Project Understanding

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Project Organization

Partner Working Group Executive Project Board TransLink Project Team Partner Leadership Team Arup‐Access Project Management Team Daniel Haufschild (ARUP) – Project Director Jesse Koehler (Access Planning) – Project Mgr. TransLink Executive Planning Access Planning Public Affairs Kirk & Co. Design Arup

  • Hemmera [Environmental]
  • Coriolis [Real Estate]
  • Ian Graham [Operations Planning]
  • RML Consulting [Technical Integration]
  • VIA [Architecture]
  • BGC [Geotechnical]

Representatives of TransLink, Province, CoV, UBC, and First Nations, with additional representation at PLT and PWG

Core Communications Committee Agency Decision Makers Board/Mayors’ Council

This group

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Structured Decision Making

Problem Statement Objective Setting Criteria Alternatives Evaluation Trade‐Offs / Consequences

Discuss approach/application to steps of the

  • ptions development & evaluation process

Planning vs. Design Decisions

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  • Planning administrator: Waterfront Toronto (public / government)
  • Tri-government organization, accountable to Toronto, Ontario, and Canada
  • Innovation partner: Sidewalk Labs (private / external)
  • Subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
  • City of Toronto: transportation services, maintenance and repairs of public infrastructure
  • Toronto Transit Commission: transit operations
  • Wider transportation impacts: Metrolinx, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
  • Private developers (both within and adjacent/near to Quayside)
  • Private investors and businesses: ride-hailing and mobility services, advanced freight

systems, adaptive / dynamic systems, off-site parking management, data analytics

  • Stakeholders: essentially everyone who lives or travels near this area

Political Landscape