Dufferin Station: Preliminary Design Consultation

Dufferin Station
Preliminary Design
Display Panels
Open House#1 – January 25, 2012

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Welcome to the Dufferin Station
Preliminary Design Open House

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you with updates on future events.

Dufferin Station Preliminary Design

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Open House Overview
Part 1
•Introduction
•Crosstown Update
•Station Design 101 - Design Principles
Part 2
•Dufferin Station Preliminary Design

*Our partners in City Planning are here if you have questions
about existing development applications at Dufferin or the
future Land Use Study around Crosstown Stations

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The Purpose of Tonight’s Open House
• Provide a brief Crosstown project update
• Present the Crosstown station design philosophy
• Explain the anatomy of a station and challenges
• Display the preliminary design of Dufferin Station
Most importantly:
*Get your input on the Preliminary Design early in this
process.
• Architectural Station design will be prepared for Open House #2 in
Spring 2012. Significant outreach will follow on construction.


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Dufferin Station Design Process
Open House #1 - Jan 25, 2012
Online Consultation - Jan 25 to Feb 10, 2012
Open House #2 - Spring, 2012
•Response to Open House #1 input
•Architectural Treatments
•Final Station Design Open House

Open House #3 - Fall 2012
• Construction staging
Ongoing Outreach on Construction

Tunnelling (Head walls at Dufferin station box) End 2012 – 2013 (TBD)

Dufferin Station construction - 2014 (TBD)


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Format for Feedback
• Please speak with the project team at the displays, we’re here
to answer your questions
• There are tables to write comments and for group discussions
• Please submit a feedback form tonight if possible , or send us
comments
via e-mail, mail, or online at www.thecrosstown.ca by February
10, 2012
• A consultation report to inform the designers will be posted
online at: www.thecrosstown.ca


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Presentation Part 1:
Crosstown Overview &
Construction Update


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The Crosstown
* Final number and location of stations subject to review


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Congestion Today

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The Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Plan

• $8.4 billion transit investment from the Province of Ontario
through Metrolinx
• 25 km east-west transit corridor between Black Creek Drive and
Scarborough Centre
• 60% faster than bus service today (e.g. only 15 minutes from
Keele to Yonge)
• 19 km underground tunnel (Black Creek Drive to Kennedy
Station)*
• 6km seamless service will replace the SRT from Kennedy Station
to Scarborough Centre
• Up to 26 stations
• *Exact alignment west of Keele Street and east of Laird Drive TBD


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Crosstown Construction Update
Crosstown tunnel preparation work
at Black Creek and Eglinton in
Keelesdale Park
Piling rigs are building concrete
support walls for the future tunnel
launch shaft
The shaft will enable tunnelling
eastward in summer 2012
Soil testing for the tunnel and
stations continues from Keele Street
to Kennedy Station in Scarborough


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Conceptual Design of a Crosstown Station

Urban Design and Architectural
Guidelines have been developed:
• ensure positive change along the
corridor
• guide individual station designs
and achieve consistency
• guide configuration of surface
elements
• integrate surface elements with
existing and future development


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Stations 101
What’s needed to make a Station Work?
• Main Entrance
• Secondary Entrance
• Passenger Transportation (elevators, escalators)
• Mechanical and Electrical Systems
• Ventilation Shafts and Ventilation Fan Rooms
• Traction Power Substations

Guiding Principle:
Consolidate Surface Elements to enhance design &
minimize impacts
• Reduce construction impacts (traffic, staging area, noise, dust )
• Preserve public space and development potential
• Save $


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Design Philosophy
• Integrate with surrounding neighbourhood
• Safe and enjoyable user experience
• Full accessibility
• Preserve space for future re-development
Accessibility for all users
• Enhance the local “sense of place”
• Long-term sustainability
• Reduce Construction Footprint & Impacts
• Reduce Costs

Compatible scale

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Accessibility Principles & Features
• Access for persons with all levels of mobility

• Elevators

• Escalators

• Low-Floor Access

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Safety and Security Features
• Monitored CCTV Security Cameras

• Urban Braille

• High Quality Lighting

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Public Realm Elements
Elements to be determined
and considered:
• Streetscape & integration
of Public Realm Elements
• Wayfinding
• Bicycle Facilities


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Architectural Design Approach

• Excellence in architectural/urban
design treatments
• Cost effective and maintainable
structures
• Standard station box
configurations
• Creative use of materials, color,
textures, artwork, light
• Brand identification with graphics
• Use standard elements whenever
possible Eglinton West Station


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Surface Elements
Guiding Principles
• Surface elements are
most visible to public
• Integrate into local
community
• Minimize property
implications
• High quality design
• Major focus on
consolidating:
– Entrances
– Vent Shafts
– Substations


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Integrated Artwork
Any architectural finish can contain
integrated artwork, including:
walls
floors
ceilings
glazing


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Traction Power Substations
What and Why?
• Required to provide power to the station
system
• Every two kilometres, at stations
• Many different configurations Toronto Hydro Substation in Scarborough

• Above ground, surface, below-ground
• Guidelines to integrate substations

Leslie Station


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Presentation Part 2:
Dufferin Station

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Dufferin Station
Preliminary Design

Preliminary Design by:
Crosstown Consortium
IBI Group
SNC Lavalin
Lea Consulting Limited


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Dufferin Station
Local Context

Crosstown Line

Barrie GO Transit

Population Density within a 10 minute walk to Dufferin Station


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Dufferin Station
Existing Uses


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Dufferin Station
Future Transit & Existing Bus Stops

CROSSTOWN


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Dufferin Station
Bike Routes
Improved bike connections
to be identified


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Dufferin Station
Local Context
Fairbank Village and York-Eglinton BIAs
•www.fairbankvillagebia.com
•Chamberlain Avenue to Dufferin Street

www.yorkbia.com
•Dufferin Street to Winona Drive/Marlee Avenue


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Dufferin Station
2010 Environmental Assessment


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Dufferin Station
Station Entrances - 2012

DUFFERIN STREET
Secondary
Entrance

EGLINTON AVENUE WEST UNDERGROUND STATION BOX

Main Entrance


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Dufferin Station
Main Entrance & Station Support - 2012


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Dufferin Station
Green Roof Plan - 2012
DUFFERIN STREET EGLINTON AVENUE WEST


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Dufferin Station
Preliminary Design Concept - 2012

Entrances
Substation

Vents


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Dufferin Station
New Consolidated Layout
Key Advantages
Improves look and feel from street for community

Reduces number of properties affected

Preserves potential for investment and development

Reduces construction footprint, cost & impacts
(station box shortened by 40 metres)


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Dufferin Station
Passenger Circulation - 2012
LOOKING SOUTH


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Dufferin Station
Station Daylighting - 2012
LOOKING SOUTH


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Dufferin Station
Main Entrance & Station Support Building

EXISTING FUTURE

SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DUFFERIN AND EGLINTON (GAS STATION)


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Dufferin Station
Station Support Building
EXISTING FUTURE

SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DUFFERIN AND EGLINTON


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Dufferin Station
Secondary Entrance Location
EXISTING FUTURE

NORTHWEST CORNER OF DUFFERIN AND EGLINTON


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Dufferin Station
Underground Station Section


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Dufferin Station
St. Hilda’s Park
Important opportunity to Enhance St. Hilda’s Park
Please let us know what improvements are most important to
you. Please fill in our questionnaire which includes questions on
potential park improvements.


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Dufferin Station
Community Outreach for Construction

• At this early design stage, construction staging is not yet
developed

• Comprehensive Construction Management Plan &
individual construction plans for each station will be
developed with local consultation before construction

• Please contact us any time with questions you may
have about construction


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The Crosstown Team
Please Get in Touch with Us!
Devin Horne, Franca Di Giovanni,
Denise Jayawardene
E-mail: eglintontransit@ttc.ca Community Office Hours — 2012
Online: www.thecrosstown.ca Monday, Wednesday, Friday:
Tel: 416-338-6310 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fax: 416-397-8193 Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
TTY: 416-481-2523 Thursday: 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Visit our West Community Office at
1848 Eglinton Avenue West
(at Dufferin)


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