CTC Community Building Strategy - Vision Open House and Launch Panels by Urban Strategies Inc

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3:05 - 3:30 p.m. A Community Perspective • Tim Jackson • Mike Boos • Daisy Arseneault • Cathy Brothers

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3:40 - 5 p.m. Reception

The Central Transit Corridor runs through some of the most developed areas of the region, connecting Cambridge in the south through Kitchener to the northern end of Waterloo.

Why are we here today? We are here today to celebrate the launch of the Community Building Strategy, and involve you in the discussion by providing information about the process and future opportunities for your involvement throughout the project. The CTC Community Building Strategy is about exploring the potential of the rapid transit investment to provide enhanced mobility, place making, reurbanization, and strengthened communities throughout and along the Corridor. We want to hear from you about your vision for the Central Transit Corridor and the opportunities that you feel would help to strengthen the success of this investment. Get involved! Have your say! Shape the future of your community, and the future of the region.

Region of Waterloo | Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy

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THE CONTEXT The Region of Waterloo is planning for rapid transit along the Central Transit Corridor, a 36 km central spine that connects Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo. Along with designing the transit infrastructure and its 23 stations, a key piece of work the Region is undertaking to leverage this investment, is the creation of a Community Building Strategy. This strategy will identify key directions for city building, place making and moving people within, to, and from this Corridor. In crafting the Central Transit Corridor (CTC) Community Building Strategy, the Region and its local municipal partners would like to work closely with the diverse range of stakeholders along the Corridor to ensure their perspectives are understood, and the full opportunity offered by this important transit investment is captured.

The Central Transit Corridor (CTC) The Central Transit Corridor (CTC) is a rapid transit spine connecting the three cities of Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo. By 2017, the ﬁrst stage of the 36km transit line will operate with adapted bus rapid transit service from Ainslie Street Terminal to Fairview Park Mall, and LRT between Fairview Park Mall and Conestoga Mall. Over the long term, the LRT will be extended from Fairview Park Mall south along the length of the corridor. In addition to the enhanced transit service, the corridor will create a range of new city building opportunities for new and improved uses, open spaces and community supportive initiatives along the line.

The Community Building Strategy The CTC Community Building Strategy is about exploring the potential of the rapid transit investment to provide enhanced mobility, place making, reurbanization, and strengthened communities throughout and along the Corridor. The Community Building Strategy will be the framework that the Region, Cities, and communities will use to deﬁne these opportunities, demonstrate the scale and scope of change that is desirable, and provide direction on how best to maximize the community-building potential offered by the transit investment.

Project Team The CTC Community Building Strategy is led by the Region of Waterloo’s Planning, Housing, and Community Services Department. The Region has retained a consultant team to assist them in developing the strategy. Urban Strategies is the lead consultant, with responsibility for the urban design, planning components and consultation components of the study. Urban Strategies is working with sub-consultants Nelson/Nygaard who are transit experts with a specialty in creating multimodal transportation networks, and Colliers International, who will provide input on the market and development opportunities along the line.

Corridor Engineering Since 2005, the rapid transit project, including the route and station locations, has gone through an extensive environmental assessment and public consultation process. The Region of Waterloo Rapid Transit Division has recently completed an Environmental Project Report (EPR) and released a Notice of Completion of EPR as part of the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) on March 16th, 2012. Next steps: procurement - including the release of an RFQ (fall 2012) and RFP (early 2013), the beginning of construction (2014), and completion of construction (2017). Comments or requests for information related to this work can be forwarded to Darshpreet Singh Bhatti, Manager, Rapid Transit Engineering, 519-575-4500, ext. 3691 |

Region of Waterloo | Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy

What is the project about?

DBhatti@regionofwaterloo.ca

The Community Building Strategy Process The diagram below outlines a timeline for the process. We are currently in the Understanding phase. Your participation and feedback at this key stage will assist in helping to reﬁne our understanding of the Central Transit Corridor (CTC), it’s issues and opportunities, and in establishing principles and directions for the project.

PROJECT START

Feb. 2012

Project Kickoff

Exploring

March

Project Launch Open House #1 ‘Vision’ Workshop

Background Review and Analysis

April

May

Forum 1: Enhancing Mobility (April 24 -26)

Forum 2: Creating Great Places (May 15-17)

Describing June

Forum 3: Strengthening the Region (June 12-14)

July

Finalizing

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Draft Strategy Report

Open House (Cambridge)

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Open House (Kitchener)

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Open House (Waterloo)

Implementation Strategy

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Open House 3: A Plan for the Central Corridor

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Jan. 2013

Finalizing the Central Corridor Plan

Presentation to Regional and Municipal Councils

Finalization of the Background Review and Findings

* = Community Consultation Opportunity = Corridor Engineering Coordination Meetings

= Stakeholder Interviews

The creation of the Rapid Transit Corridor has been a long process with many key events. The Community Building Strategy is an opportunity to explore the relationship between the Rapid Transit Corridor and a whole host of other city-building initiatives such as place-making, enhancing mobility, reurbanization and cultural expression.

1970s

Region of Waterloo Council approves the Regional Growth Management Strategy, which includes a higher-order transit system.

Rapid transit was ﬁrst identiﬁed in the Regional Plans in the late 1970s.

The CTC Community Building Strategy sets out a series of strategies for how to grow the Region with rapid transit (2012).

2014 The Provincial Growth Plan encourages more compact, transit-supportive growth, and recognizes Downtown Cambridge, Downtown Kitchener, and Uptown Waterloo as 'Urban Growth Centres'.

Full implementation of the aBRT, and construction of LRT Stage 1. GO Train service begins in the Region.

Creation of Grand River Transit to co-ordinate transit services throughout the region.

2003

2011 2006 2010

2005 Grand River Transit begins express service via its iXpress system.

Region of Waterloo | Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy

The Process

2017 Operation of LRT Stage 1 begins

2012

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Beginning of the planning for LRT Stage 2.

The Provincial and Federal Governments announce funding for rapid transit in Waterloo Region.

2031 Time frame of the Regional Transportation Master Plan and the Region’s and City’s Ofﬁcial Plans.

PROJECT FINISH

Understanding

Enhanced Transit Offers The Region And Its Communities A Range Of Beneﬁts

Protecting the Countryside

Improving Mobility

Supporting Regional Prosperity

Rapid transit promotes compact development, and the movement of more people using less space. More people and jobs can occupy a smaller space with rapid transit than if those people and jobs were more dependent on the automobile. As the region grows with rapid transit, it can grow within its existing boundary, protecting countryside, which would otherwise have to be developed to accommodate new growth.

The rapid transit system will enhance regional connectivity, creating both a physical connection and bringing the region closer together through reduced travel times. The stations, and vehicles are all envisioned to be both physically accessible, and cycling friendly. The network will also be closely connected with the Region’s express and local bus services. The result will be greater opportunities to walk, bike and move throughout the region.

It is estimated that the investment in rapid transit will save the Region $400-500 million in road expansions and upgrades, while simultaneously creating thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in increased land values. Improved transit can result in a reduced proportion of family budgets allocated to transportation and a greater range of housing opportunities through new development and improved connectivity.

For the Region, this means: • More compact development

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For the Region, this means: An accessible system for all Moving more people in less space

For the Region, this means: • Creates demand for lands around stations • Increases land values • Less money spent on new road infrastructure

For you, this means: • Future access to the countryside as you know it now

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For you, this means: • Reduced travel times throughout the corridor • Reduced congestion versus ‘business as usual’ • More ways to get around

For you, this means: • Community reinvestment • New job opportunities • Greater housing choice and less need for multiple car ownership

Tell us why rapid transit might be important to you?

Enhancing Quality of Life

Improving Environmental Sustainability

Rapid transit can help to reinvigorate areas in transition and help them realize their potential. Anticipating this process means that we can plan for the type of communities we want to see; communities that will improve quality of life for people who live there, and will continue to be able to live there as they age. A city designed to support transit ridership can lead to greater levels of activity on streets and sidewalks, renewing downtowns and enhancing public safety.

Public transit of all forms is well recognized for its contribution to environmental sustainability. Investment in rapid transit in Waterloo Region will result in reduced greenhouse gases per trip in the Region, and therefore will result in better air quality. Rapid transit also supports reurbanization and the efﬁcient use of land, which will result in more active transportation choices, a reduced carbon footprint, and protection of the important agricultural and natural areas that surround the region.

For the Region, this means; Revitalization of transitional areas • A plan to manage change over the long term

For the Region, this means; • Investment in the region’s environmental future • Reduces greenhouse gas emissions per trip

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For you, this means: • Increased community and street life • Renewed downtowns and increased sense of safety

For you, this means: • Cleaner air • Future access to natural areas as they are now

Region of Waterloo | Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy

Why is Rapid Transit Important?

The three cities have each recently drafted new Ofﬁcial Plans that aim to support the investment in rapid transit through higher levels of intensiﬁcation and a greater mix of new uses. DRAFT CITY OF CAMBRIDGE - OFFICIAL PLAN (2012)

DRAFT CITY OF WATERLOO - OFFICIAL PLAN (2012)

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Municipal Boundaries Existing Grade - Separated Interchange

Commercial Class 4

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Rural Residential

East Side Lands (Approximate Boundary)

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Future Urban Reserve Industrial

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2. 45 percent of new residential development will be in existing built-up areas.

KEY POINTS

3. The City of Waterloo aims to develop a compact urban form to facilitate reduced reliance on the automobile, while supporting transit, and promoting connectivity, safe and efﬁcient movement, and sustainable transportation.

1. New growth will be accommodated where municipal services are available within the urban area, and a significant portion will be shifted from greenfield areas to intensification within the built up area.

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There are many ways to enhance the region and build on the rapid transit investment.

Supporting the Public Realm

Encouraging Positive Built Form and Mix of Land-Uses

Enhancing Mobility

Strengthening the Region

Creating Connections

Making Great Places

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Community Building Opportunities

How Transit Has Enhanced Other Communities

Changing Perceptions, Increasing Riders

From Transit Network To Art Gallery

Tying New Development To Green Energy

York Region, Canada

Dallas, Texas

Vancouver, British Columbia

Transit Partnerships To Create New Urban Neighbourhoods

As part of York Region’s progressive 25-year vision to promote more alternative modes of transportation, the region undertook a detailed marketing strategy to shift public perceptions of transit. An outcome of this process has been the new Viva Bus Rapid Transit system. To increase convenience and enhance the system’s image, new buses and shelters incorporating a higher level of pedestrian amenity were deployed on key routes throughout the region. The region also initiated a series of outreach programs to raise community awareness among key ridership growth sectors including students.

Working together with local artists, institutions and neighbourhood advisory committees, the DART Light Rail System transformed common station elements such as canopies, columns, pavers etc. into an award-winning collection of public art. A self guiding booklet can be purchased at any station and is promoted to residents and tourists as a way to turn the daily commute into an art tour around the city. The program has turned the transit system into a city icon, celebrating community, diversity and history.

As part of Vancouver’s vision to be the greenest city in the world, the planning for the Cambie Street rapid transit corridor took a unique interdisciplinary approach to new development. The process integrated ideas related to integrated transportation, energy, land-use, waste, water, green space and urban food system planning with an aim of signiﬁcantly reducing the area’s environmental footprint. Densities along the corridor are linked directly to the ability for new development to be supportive of district energy over time, creating speciﬁc metrics to guide development.

Program Beneﬁts:

Today YRT/Viva ridership exceeds 21million The system has seen the largest increase in transit usage anywhere in Canada Since 2005 the Viva network has grown to include six BRT lines

Positioned transit at the centre of local culture Effective promotion of ridership and local tourism

Directly ties the reurbanization of the corridor to sustainable targets and metrics Has encouraged more wholistic interdisciplinary approach to community design

20-year housing goal met in just seven years on one-tenth of the projected land Investment along the City’s light rail and streetcar routes has attracted $3.5 billion in private investment

Quick Facts:

Date of Project: 2002-2003 brand development, opened in stages from 2005 System Size: Six Routes, 80 km, links four emerging urban centres Parties: York Region Transit, York Rapid Transit Plan, Vision 2026

Date of Project: Launched in 1996 System Size: 55 stations, 116km, four lines Parties Involved: DART, local artists, institutions and neighbourhood advisory committees

Portland, Oregon The City of Portland is constrained by an urban growth boundary that limits its ability to expand outward. By engaging in public-private partnerships with developers along its light rail lines, the city has been able to achieve a number of important goals including: ecological preservation, affordable housing, high-quality streetscapes and public spaces. In the last decade the city was able to meet its 2-year housing objective in just seven years time on a tenth the land originally anticipated.

Quick Facts: Date of Project: SkyTrain began operation in 1985 System Size: 68.7 km, 47 stations, three lines Parties Involved: British Columbia Rapid Transit Program, Vancouver Greenest City Plan, private investors

Quick Facts: Date of Project: 1986. System Size: 84.3 km, 85 stations, ﬁve lines Parties Involved: City of Portland, private investors

Tell us what you think! Do you know other city building initiatives related to transit? -

Creating A Virtual Connection

Taking Transit To Trails

Riding The Wind

Bay Area, California

Calgary, Alberta

Phoenix Arizona

The Transit and Trails program run by Bay Area’s Open Space Council encourages transit users to explore the local open space network without the use of automobiles. A special map, web-based trip planner and mobile phone application enable users to plan their outings by searching for parks or trails and identifying the best ways to get there by public transit. The applications identify the entrance to trails, contain preset trips and allow users to share their experiences and tips online for other users.

By Partnering with ENMAX and Vision Quest Windelectric, the City of Calgary was able to develop a program to make its C-Train 100 percent emission free. As a result, the system’s reliance on coal and natural gas generated power has been completely replaced by clean, sustainable wind energy. The city uses the program to actively market the transit system as a carbon-free alternative to the automobile. It is estimated that the program eliminates the creation of 47,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually or equal to eight million car trips.

Light Rail Connect is a local online community that connects individuals, fosters community activism and promotes businesses and organizations along the Phoenix light rail corridor. The network helps promote urban renewal by facilitating communications between interested parties, allowing the formation of highly beneﬁcial and otherwise unlikely partnerships. The website makes it easy to ﬁnd accommodations, employment and entertainment near light rail transportation, thereby enhancing the vitality of the transportation corridor.

Program Beneﬁts:

Reduce reliance on the automobile to visit the City’s parks and open spaces Strengthens the relationship between transit user and the environment

The program protects transit fares from rising fuel prices The system is able to be marketed as a fully sustainable system

Facilitates communications and partnerships between people and agencies along the corridor Creates a marketing advantage for corridor related businesses and organizations

Quick Facts:

Date of Project: 2002 System Size: 45 Stations, ﬁve routes, 167 km Parties: Bay Area Rail Transport, Bay Area Open Space Council

Date of Project: 2001 System Size: 49 km, 36 stations, three lines Parties: Calgary Transit in partnership with ENMAX and Vision Quest Windelectric

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Learning From Other Places

What We’ve Heard to Date The dialogue has just begun, but these are some of the comments and thoughts that we’ve heard so far. This panel will evolve through the process. Add your comments on the adjacent panel.

Around each station there should be neighbourhoods that can serve living, working, and shopping needs. This process is more important than the line itself. I want my kids to be able to take RT to hockey practice, but all the sports facilities are off the line. How will they be able to do this? Downtown Cambridge (Galt) can become something incredible over the long term, and RT will helps with this. I expect a ‘lift’ in market values for properties along the RT line. I’m concerned that the increase in market values as a result of RT will make it more difficult for the little guys to play. I support RT and healthy communities. We need to have conversations about how it may impact vulnerable peoples and communities. I don’t want to see people displaced by increasing land values. We should focus on the arts and culture, which could be used to bolstered the area, through connections, RT, and incorporating art into stations. We need to define how development will occur with RT, and where it will occur. We’re too suburban. We should focus great retail and other uses in conjunction with stations to become more urban. We need a way to capitalise on all the great things happening in Downtown Cambridge. RT will help. Visitors want to know how to get to the airport by transit. We need to make sure the major attractions are accessible. Connectivity is so important to the tourism industry. Creative talent, and tech talent, wants better connectivity and less reliance on the car. They want great trails and transit. Businesses want to be better connected to transit. We need to be careful when creating crossings over sensitive watercourses, and when proposing developments in floodplains. We are looking for enhanced pedestrian facilitates adjacent to the corridor. Will the LRT Divide King Street? How can we ensure this does is not the case? What can we do to make sure that the LRT doesn’t divide Waterloo Park? The line will go through regionally significant historic and picturesque communities. How will these communities be protected? What will the impact on the river be? How will LRT impact cultural heritage? I’m concerned that development pressure will undermine the protection of cultural heritage resources. Will there be advertising and way finding along the route? Can stations be linked to site history? (I.e. our industrial history?) We need to engage youth about the future of the corridor.

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What We’ve Heard to Date

Please Add Your Thoughts and Ideas Below

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Let Us Know What You Think

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How the Central Corridor is Used Today

In 2031 the Waterloo Region will be different from today with more people, jobs and destinations throughout. We would like to understand what this means for the Region and how these changes can better relate to the Central Transit Corridor. PROJECTED RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES ALONG THE LINE IN 2031 More People 215 People / Hectare

Fewer People (0-2 People / Hectare)

PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT DENSITIES ALONG THE LINE IN 2031 More Jobs 325 Jobs / Hectare

Fewer Jobs (0-1 People / Hectare)

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Living and Working in the Central Transit Corridor

While some areas will experience greater inﬂuence from the rapid transit system and the potential for signiﬁcant reinvestment (top), other areas will evolve over time with limited change (bottom). Areas with the potential to experience new growth as a result of rapid transit

Areas that will evolve more slowly over time

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Important destinations off of the Central Transit Corridor

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Areas of Change and Stable Areas

Focus Area

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Institutional - General

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Your Input is Key in Creating the Community Building Strategy

IN PERSON

ONLINE

Project Launch (March 24, 2012. 2-5 p.m., 150 Frederick St., Kitchener)

OTHER WAYS

Website

Stakeholder Interviews

The project website contains a range of information about the CTC Community Building Strategy Process, including all the materials you see here today. The website will also be updated to keep you informed of developments in the project, and how you can participate. Comments from today’s session, emails received, and other feedback will be displayed on a dedicated page within the site.

Open House - A Vision for the CTC (March 27, 2012. 3-8 p.m.,Knox Church) A presentation and small group sessions aimed at deﬁning a vision for the CTC. Discussion will focus on three key areas: mobility, place-making, and strengthening the region.

The project team has identiﬁed key stakeholders from across the region, with expertise in a broad range of areas such as the environment, heritage, small business, accessibility, and youth interests. If you are a member of a stakeholder group we’ve yet to hear from, please let us know!

Visit the site via the address below, or by scanning the QR code with your smartphone.

Mail in Your Comments or Call

http://centraltransitcorridor.ca

Exploring the Opportunity Forums + Speaker Series (spring 2012) Three day long working sessions involving the consultant team, project partners and key community stakeholders. The sessions will be divided into three broad themes with individual modules exploring various topics under each. The working sessions will begin with a public speaker series event relevant to the topic and conclude with a public open house.

If you’d rather participate via traditional mail or telephone, please do!

Write to:

CTC Community Building Strategy c/o Becky Schlenvogt, Principal Planner, Reurbanization. Region of Waterloo. 150 Frederick St., 8th Floor, Kitchener ON N2G 4J3

Or call:

519 575 4836

Send in your comments, concerns, questions, and feedback to:

CentralTransitCorridor@RegionofWaterloo.ca

Open Houses - Draft Strategies (Fall 2012)

Social Media

The draft strategies will be presented for feedback and input at public meetings in each of the three cities, Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo.

Stay informed about the process, and have your say by following the project on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RegionWaterloo Twitter: @RegionofWaterloo View Central Transit Corridor Materials and other relevent documents on the Region’s ISSUU proﬁle at: http://issuu.com/region_of_waterloo

Open Houses - The Plan for the CTC (Winter 2012) Storefront

Ongoing opportunities for involvement include: Project Website, Email, Facebook, Twitter, Mail

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