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GO Transit- Station Access Strategies

In the winter of 2008 GO Transit unveiled its strategic plan - GO 2020. The plan outlines GO Transit’s vision for the next 12 years and includes a series of goals and objectives and a corresponding service strategy. One of its express objectives is the prioritization of walking, cycling and...

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PARTS: Midtown & Rockway

Urban Strategies is leading a multidisciplinary team to complete two station area plans for the areas surrounding the Midtown and Rockway ION LRT stops in the City of Kitchener. The Plans represent an important step in the City’s ongoing shift towards reurbanization by advancing the policy framework around each of...

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Metrolinx Regional Express Rail (RER) and Initial Business Cases (IBCs)

Urban Strategies led a consultant team in preparing eight Initial Business Cases to examine the feasibility of proposed new Regional Express Rail (RER) stations across the GO rail network. Potential sites were evaluated using criteria across four business cases: strategic / planning, financial, economic, and operations / delivery. The project...

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City of Waterloo Station Area Planning

Urban Strategies was retained by the City of Waterloo to develop Station Area Plans for five stations along a new regional light rail transit (LRT) corridor. The Plans are intended to encourage the transformation of areas around the station and support more pedestrian-oriented, transit-supportive and mixed-use places. The Station Area...

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104 Avenue Corridor Area Redevelopment Plan

Urban Strategies led a multi-disciplinary consulting team that includes ISL Engineering and Land Services to develop a Corridor Plan for the area surrounding three planned LRT stations on the Valley Line in Edmonton. The plan establishes a framework to guide transit oriented development in the area. The planning process...

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The Big Move Regional Transportation Plan

Retained by Metrolinx, a transportation agency created by the Government of Ontario, Urban Strategies and the consultant team were charged with developing a bold, transformational and sustainable Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Framed around a series of discussion topics which create the basis for the RTP, Urban Strategies...

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Saint Paul Corridor and Station Area Plans

The planned route for an LRT linking downtown Saint Paul and downtown Minneapolis, the 11-mile long Central Corridor, is the most important east-west transportation corridor within the Twin Cities region, connecting major activity and employment centers with a direct link to almost 280,000 jobs, 123,000 residents and 15 distinct neighbourhoods. The Central...

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Eglinton Crosstown Study

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is an act of city building, and a central element of the Province’s regional transportation plan. The line will pass through the geographic centre of the City, linking numerous neighbourhoods and connecting with bus, subway and rail lines. Once complete, the line will provide a reliable...

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PATH Master Plan Study

Urban Strategies was retained by the City of Toronto to develop a Master Plan for the PATH system, to strengthen the vital role it plays in our downtown core’s well-being, The PATH Master Plan, supported by comprehensive, user-friendly guidelines, provided a broadly endorsed framework for its strategic growth and retrofit,...

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Thornhill Yonge Street Transit Corridor

Official Plan As part of the Thornhill Yonge Street Study for the municipalities of Markham and Vaughan, Urban Strategies prepared a unified urban design vision, and supporting land use plan and policy framework. These components formed the basis for Official Plan and Secondary Plan Amendments as well as amendments to...

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Calgary LRT & Station Area Planning

Calgary Northwest LRT Corridor Station Area Planning Urban Strategies was retained by the City of Calgary to prepare Station Area Plans for three stations along its Northwest LRT Corridor. As part of the decision to become a more sustainable city, Calgary is looking to tie land use to transportation. The...

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Southwest LRT, Transitional Station Area Plans

Hennepin County's new southwest LRT corridor connects the City of Minneapolis to the neighbouring cities of St Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. The introduction of LRT to the Southwest corridor is an important step towards providing enhanced mobility for the people who live, work, study and play along...

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Waterloo Region Central Transit Corridor

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. Recognizing the transit was about more than just moving...

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Weston Station Master Plan

In 2011, Urban Strategies was retained by Metrolinx to prepare a Master Plan for the new Weston Station at the intersection of Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West in Toronto. This Master Plan is one of a number of concurrent processes that Metrolinx is undertaking to plan, design and execute...