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UBC Bus Terminal Design Review Panel – Vancouver, BC

Translink and UBC

• On Preliminary and Detailed Design Review Panel

• First approved design delayed until summer or

fall 2015

• Will review operational logistics, tracking,

pedestrian crossing and waiting, sight lines,

layover capacity, general integration with other

modal pathways

Dan Ross Transit Portfolio

Northwest Sector Bus Planning – Edmonton AB

Edmonton Transit System

• Delivered route planning for

70+ NW sector routes

• Quarterly schedule

adjustments based on

ridership, pass-ups, demand

• New routes for growing areas,

run-time and garage capacity

• Coordinated bus stop services

for events, emergencies

• Transit centre planning &

design

Northwest

Sector


Kingsway/Royal Alexandra Hospital LRT Station – Edmonton AB

Edmonton Transit System

• New LRT station/transfer for NAIT Line

(2015) and 12 bus lines

• Developed, tested operational plan for

capacity and bay assignments (footprint

designed only for flexibility, max. bays)

• Paired existing, future route directions

and frequencies to bay capacities and

locations

• Confirmed all movement and loading

scenarios on-site with standard,

articulated, accessible buses


Jasper Avenue Transit Centre/Exchange – Edmonton AB

Edmonton Transit System and Planning & Sustainability

• Future transfer for 18 bus

lines and West LRT

• “Transfer” or “Exchange”

• P&S prefers open exchange,

ETS wants traditional station

• Ongoing negotiation over

rider preferences, operation

req’s, design v. convenience

trade-off’s

On-road and off-road concepts

Public survey questionnaire


Papakura Interchange Detailed Design – Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland Transport and KiwiRail

• Full concept-to-detailed design of

bus/rail interchange – based on req’s

from hand-drawn bus reroute sketch

• Worked to property constraints, flexible

vehicle req’s, operator behaviour

• New streetscape, drainage, kassel curbs,

lighting, cycle facilities, and sidewalks

• Incorporated existing levels of Heritage

station building on adjacent platform


Panmure Transport Exchange – Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland Transport and KiwiRail

• Operational and routing concept for

new bus/rail interchange in NZ –

opened September 2014

• Routing, headway analyses for new

routes and existing ones to be retained

• Pedestrian capacity analyses for station

and loading area movements

• Routing integration between local

routes and future Rapid Transit Network

(RTN) bus routes

• Intersection, network analyses of

impacts of new bus routes, frequencies


Panmure-Pakuranga Busway – Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland Transport

• Concept-through-Detailed

design of NZ’s first urban

arterial busway

• Dedicated busway through

sensitive ecological site

• Integration and redesign of

largest arterial roundabout in

NZ for all modes, access to

new transit exchange

• Coordination of all geometric,

modelling, utility, geotech,

architectural, and public

outreach inputs

• Location, capacity of RTN

stations

• Accommodation planning for

closure of 18 access driveways2016 (Under Construction)

December 2012


Complete Streets Projects & Initiatives – New York, NY

New York City Department of Transportation

• Complete Streets Projects including:

� Safe Streets for Seniors (Bronx,

Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island)

� Congested Corridors Redesign

Improvements (Staten Island, Bronx)

• BRT projects (White Plains Rd – Bronx,

Woodhaven Blvd – Queens, Hylan Blvd –

Staten Island)

• Allen and Pike Street Pedestrian and

Bicycle Improvements (Manhattan)

• Clarendon Road Traffic Calming (Brooklyn)

• Citywide Crash Mitigation Projects

• Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Shore

Front Parkway Traffic Calming – Rockaway

Backbone (Queens)

• Street Design Manual, 2009 (1st edition)


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