Just the Ticket: Presenting Sustainable, Transit-Oriented Design for Canada - STUDENT

Just the Ticket: Presenting Sustainable, Transit-Oriented Design for Canada

This webinar is part of the RAIC 2022 Virtual Conference on Architecture, now available to stream!

Topics: Urbanism

Length: 1 hour | What's Included: Video, Quiz, and Certificate of Completion 

There is a real buzz in the transit sector in Canada right now. The Canadian Government, Via Rail, the intercity commuter networks and the public transit operators understand that getting zero-emissions right in the second-biggest country is essential to battling global climate change. Emissions from the Canadian transportation sector currently account for 25 percent of the country’s total. One of the biggest challenges in reducing this is to deliver a modal shift from car to train, electric bus and active modes. Creating behavioural change is never easy, especially when decades of dispersed and car-focused urban planning are working against you. But it is vital to ensure we are building healthier, sustainable and less congested cities and communities. 

The decarbonization of Canada’s rail networks requires the electrification of multiple routes– and where this is not viable or cannot be delivered quickly enough, the use of hydrogen and battery-powered trains. The ambition is for wise, immediate and steady investment, and this year, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced $14.9 billion for public transit projects over the next eight years. And a joint investment of $26.8 billion was announced for four shovel-ready public transit projects in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The desire to fund station development and bring sustainable technology to fruition is clear, but how do we ensure this delivers the maximum carbon reduction benefits? The answer must include a reimagining of transit hubs – both existing and proposed. We need to transform stations to ensure they are at the centre of people movement, support inclusive growth and form the heart of healthy communities. Simply, stations should be catalysts for transit-oriented economic growth. Ed Dymock presents case studies of BDP's work in the UK at Glasgow Queen Street station, Ordsall Chord and Manchester Victoria and even references work to alleviate congestion and improve air quality in cities like Dhaka.

Learning Objectives:

By the completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe how to reinvent historic transport stations to create culturally relevant transit hubs that support sustainable communities, connect people, and encourage the development of progressive cities.
• Explain how to restore heritage interventions in bus and train stations in order to bring stale, underused areas back to life.
• Summarize how station design contributes to more sustainable and progressive cities.
• Evaluate how station design is crucial in connecting people and creating the identity of a place, while ensuring investment in local communities for the future.

Subject Matter Expert:

Peter is Head of Transport for BDP across our UK and international offices. He is a widely experienced and highly regarded architect director specialising in infrastructure and urban design work, including acting as lead architect on major transportation projects of national significance. His design work particularly focusses on the creation of human-scaled environments within the context of large-scale transport infrastructure. In 2019 he was identified as one of the 100 Architects of the Year by the Korean Institute of Architects.

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