Transit Station Areas Shaping Vancouver, BC New Partners For Smart Growth Conference, Feb. 6, 2010 Matt Roewe, AIA LEED AP Director of Mixed Use & Major Projects
Vancouver: An Anachronistic City Gordon Price Cosmopolitan, diverse and livable in this time and place at the edge of wilderness where is the freeway?
Advanced Light Rail Trains Automated Elevated Underground City Shaping
Many station areas have significant height limits, yet a strong planning tradition, bulk controls, and a well developed incentive zoning program have resulted in great livability suburbs as well as inner city. No Fear of Heights
Greater Vancouver High Capacity Transit Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Expo Millenium 271,000 riders/ day Canada Line: 93,000 riders/day Future Evergreen Line: 70,000/day
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Collingwood Village Joyce Station Declining rail/industrial area 16 year build-out Wellington Mews: 466 Units, 5.7 acres Collingwood Village 2500 units 33 acres
Collingwood Village Concert Development 1990-2006 Established small block street grid, mid-block crossings Tower spacing, stepping & solar response Pedestrian friendly streetscapes a
Collingwood Village Collaborative community based planning fulfilled promises Negotiated amenities include: Open space/parks Retail & community policing office Child care Community center Elementary school 20% affordable and 25% family oriented 56% transit riders!
City Gate Main St. + Science World Station 1992 2007 BOSA Development, Perkins & Company Architects 9 Acres underutilized rail yards Anchors the end of False Creek 1165 Units, 2800 People Office Tower 500 Jobs Retail base/mixed use Forecourt includes historic CN Rail Station and Thornton Park
City Gate Urban Design Accommodated transit station and alignment through property Connections to Pacific Central (CN/Amtrak) station Established small blocks, mid block crossing Tower spacing and staggering
City Gate Urban Design
City Gate Negotiated amenities include: Historic park contribution Public & private open space Daycare 20% affordable and 25% family oriented 3 affordable projects within built by developer for a housing authority 100 parking stalls for science world Streetscape improvements
Plaza 88 New Westminster Station Revitalize a depressed area Brownfield cleanup Historic preservation, two structures Wraps, renovates & incorporates existing SkyTrain Station 90 height limit raised to 328 for public benefits, better massing and access to light, air and views
Plaza 88 800 Housing Units 200,000 SF muli-level retail/ commercial o o o o o Movie theater Large grocery store Drug store Restaurants Services
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Plaza 88 Towers 1 & 2 completed and occupied Tower 3 under construction Station renovation, tower 4 and retail in design development
Cambie + Broadway City Hall Station
Cambie & Broadway X X x Vancouver s 2 nd downtown power center of jobs, housing, institutions and multiple modes of transit. Midrise neighborhood developed concurrently with the transit system with current zoning Big box tenants in mixed use taming the box Interim framework planning for corridor underway.
Cambie & Broadway
River Rock Resort & Casino Bridgeport Station
Bridgeport Station Utilizes airport impacted area Bus Integration 20 Routes Partnering with Resort for shared 1200 stall park and ride garage Future hi-tech work center & entertainment station area
Bridgeport Station
25 years of transit development in Vancouver Station typologies = different opportunities Bus integration as an important key to ridership success and neighborhood vitality Build out can happen right away or take generations, plan Incrementally! Fear of height depends on public benefits, ground plane and bulk control
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Greater Vancouver High Capacity Transit Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Expo Millenium 271,000 riders/ day Canada Line: 93,000 riders/day Future Evergreen Line: 70,000/day
Vancouver: An Anachronistic City Gordon Price Cosmopolitan, diverse and livable in this time and place at the edge of wilderness where is the freeway?