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Waterloo Region Central Transit Corridor

Waterloo, Ontario 2012 - 2014

Plan for Waterloo Regional Central Transit Corridor.

2014

Canadian Society of Landscape Architects National Urban Design Award of Merit

2014

Canadian Institute of Planners, City & Regional Planning

The recently completed ION RT corridor in the Region of Waterloo provides enhanced mobility options for the three cities, dozens of neighbourhoods, multiple campuses, the downtowns, major civic institutions, business centres and community hubs along its 36 km (22 miles) extent.

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Recognizing the transit was about more than just moving people from A to B the Region retained Urban Strategies to lead a Community Building Strategy which identified key directions for building stronger communities, guiding development, and moving people within, to, and from this Corridor. Working closely with Regional staff, their municipal partners and key stakeholders, our team worked to distill and articulate the city-building opportunities at the corridor, sub-corridor and station level from a mobility, placemaking, and regional strengthening perspective. Our comprehensive public consultation plan involved the use of a dedicated project storefront, open houses and workshops, a series of multimedia/social media tools, and events aimed at engaging youth, as well as campus, retail and industry stakeholders in locations all along the corridor.

Watch the time lapse of the Community Building Strategy Forum 1 and Forum 2, as well as animated video which outlines the key elements of the strategy here.

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Key Team Members

Project Details

Client

Region of Waterloo

Consultant Team

Nelson\Nygaard
Colliers International

Land Use/Scale

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