Transit System CEA - Transportation Connects Alberta LRT Delivery, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Edmonton’s Light Rail Transit System CEA - Transportation Connects Alberta

LRT Delivery, COE WSP Canada Scott Macintosh Tamsin Silvester

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Modal Shift

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Edmonton’s Future LRT Network Plan

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LRT Network Plan

Project Concept Planning Preliminary Design & Construction Procurement Readiness Build Valley Line - Southeast ✔ ✔ 2016-2020 Valley Line - West ✔ 2017 - 2019 2020-2027 Metro Line - NAIT to Blatchford ✔ 2017-2019 2020-2024 Metro Line - Blatchford to Campbell Road ✔ 2017-2019 TBD Capital Line - South ✔ 2017-2019 TBD Heritage Valley Park and Ride ✔ ✔ 2017-2020 Downtown Circulator / Centre LRT 2017-2019 TBD TBD

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Integrating LRT and Land Use

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High-floor vs. Low-floor LRT

• High-floor LRT vehicle style

○ Capital & Metro Line ○ Equipment located below car train ○ Requires raised platforms/stations

• Low-floor LRT vehicle style

○ Valley Line ○ Equipment located above car train ○ Requires less infrastructure ○ Step-free boarding at street-level (curb height)

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Integrated Transportation System

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High-floor Low-floor LRT

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Integrated Transportation System

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Balancing Transportation Modes

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Comparative Analysis ITE Nomograph Option Generation

Crossing Assessment Framework

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Crossing Assessment Framework

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Crossing Assessment Framework

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Crossing Assessment Framework

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LRT Styles - Suburban and Urban

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Urban LRT System

Respecting communities - reduced speed/barriers Better pedestrian, cyclist, and transit connections Aesthetically blending into the environment Smaller stops/stations - closer together (850m)

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Suburban LRT System

Stops/stations - further apart (>1km) Less urban integration - ballasted track / fencing Higher speeds / barriers and crossing gates

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• Key Canadian Rail Projects

• High-floor urban/suburban style LRT
• 11.0 km double track
• 9 stations
• 2 Transit centres
• Operations & Maintenance Facility
• CN Walker Railyard / YHT crossing
• 1 new park and ride (St. Albert - regional

integration)

• Concept est. $2.3B (+/- 30%)

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Metro Line NW Extension

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Metro Line NW Extension

E - W Leg (153 Ave)

Metro Line NW Extension

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Suburban Areas

• Rear facing housing
• Wider roads with turning

lanes

• Fewer intermediate

connections to the community Traditional signal system with full pre-emption for trains Segregated, fenced LRT with crossing gates at intersections

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Urban Style Areas

• Front facing housing
• Constrained corridor:

Single lane traffic

• Schools / Retail street-

facing

• Connection to TOD

Transit Signal Priority system No crossing gates at intersections N - S Leg (113a St)

Metro Line NW Extension

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Crossing Systems

• Current crossing warning

system gates and bells

• New style of LRT for

Edmonton urban integration:

○ no crossing gates at traffic intersections ○ reduced barriers along LRT corridor ○ Use of landscaping and placement of ROW equipment to deter ‘jaywalking’ across the LRT tracks ○ implications for train speeds / crossing warning systems, etc.

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• Suburban style

○ Full pre-emption ○ Higher speeds ○ Hard delineation (tall fencing, jersey barriers etc.) ○ Ballasted / Direct Fixation Trackwork

• Urban style

○ Transit Signal Priority (TSP) ○ Slower Speeds ○ Soft delineation or barrier free ○ Embedded Trackwork

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Operational Differences

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• Phase 1 interface with

Blatchford Development

• A world-leading

sustainable development

• A community that

balances social environmental and economic sustainability

Metro Line NW Phase 1

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Metro Line NW Phase 1

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Metro Line NW Phase 1

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Metro Line NW Phase 1

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Alex Decoteau Stop

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Valley Line West

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Questions?