01 | The Sockeye Special: Reimagining the Arbutus Corridor for a Resilient Vancouver

One hundred years after it was built, the last train rattled down the Arbutus Corridor in 2001. Today, the 9.5 km, nearly 18 ha corridor is one of the largest underutilized parcels of land in the city of Vancouver, offering a rare opportunity to shape the future of the diverse neighbourhoods around it.

Responding to changing conditions along the corridor, the design reimagines the site as a multimodal transportation corridor with streetcars, protected bike paths, and pedestrian walkways in a variety of alignments. Along with a variety of green infrastructure and public amenities, the design acts as an armature for increased community-centric densification, and promotes social, ecological, and economic resilience within the neighbourhoods through which it travels.