DUNDAS WEST-BLOOR Mobility Hub Profile December 2015

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MOBILITY HUBS: Places of connectivity between regional and rapid transit services, where different modes of transportation come together seamlessly. They have, or are planned to have an attractive, intensive concentration of employment, living, shopping and enjoyment around a major transit station. There are two types of mobility hubs identified in : Anchor Hubs and Gateway Hubs. Anchor Hubs are major transit station areas associated with an urban growth centre (as defined in the Province's Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe). Gateway Hubs are major transit station areas that are located at the interchange of two or more current or planned regional rapid transit lines with anticipated high levels of ridership. DUNDAS WEST-BLOOR is identified as a GATEWAY HUB in the Greater & Hamilton Area (GTHA), located in the City of Toronto. It currently includes Bloor Station for GO and UP Express on the and the TTC's Dundas West subway station on Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth). This hub is planned to integrate Regional Express Rail, subway, and local bus and streetcar service.

KITCHENER LINE LINE DESTINATIONS 6 7 1 Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton S Catholic Secondary School IU D A 2 Roncesvalles Village R E LANSDOWNE STATION 3 Howard Junior Public School R T E BLOOR GO STATION 4 M

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3 TTC subway N GO train UP Express Streetcar line DUNDAS WEST-BLOOR DemographicsMobility Hub Profile December 2015

AVERAGE RESIDENTS PER 18,400 TOTAL POPULATION1 2.1 HOUSEHOLD1 2.8 GTHA AVERAGE POPULATION DENSITY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION 92 people per hectare 3 4+ Dundas West-Bloor Hub 1 2 41% 30% 14% 15% 7.9 people per hectare Dundas West-Bloor Hub GTHA HOUSEHOLD GROWTH2 (2009-2014) POPULATION GROWTH2 (2009-2014) 2% 4% HOME TENURE1 AGE1 OWN RENT 38% 62% 0-14 15-64 65+ Dundas West-Bloor Hub 13% 76% 11% 69% 31% Dundas West-Bloor Hub GTHA 17% 70% 13% GTHA HOUSING TYPE1 9% AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD Single family 1 37% 10% $72,000 INCOME >5 Storey Semi-detached GTHA AVERAGE 2% $97,000 Rowhouse INCOME 4% Duplex <$30,000 $30-$70K >$70,000 34% 33% 32% Dundas West-Bloor Hub 20% 31% 49% GTHA 38% <5 Storey

TOTAL JOBS3 4,400 AVERAGE CARS PER 0.9 HOUSEHOLD3 JOB DENSITY 1.4 GTHA AVERAGE 21.9 jobs per hectare Dundas West-Bloor Hub VEHICLE OWNERSHIP 0 1 2 3+ 3.8 jobs per hectare GTHA 32% 50% 16% 3% Dundas West-Bloor Hub 13% 40% 36% 10% GTHA

Note: document percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding

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ARRIVAL MODE SPLIT DEPARTURE MODE SPLIT Peak Period: 6:00-9:30 a.m. 4,970 10,040 Peak Period: 6:30-9:30 a.m. People END People START 11% their trip here their trip here 8% Walk every morning every morning Walk 5% 5% Bike Bike

24% 44% Public 59% Public 43% transit Drive transit Drive

ACCESS + URBAN PATTERN PROPOSED RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK

Intersection KITCHENER LINE Parking lot UP EXPRESS Bikeway

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91% WALKSCORE - WALKER'S PARADISE4 EXISTING TTC Subway 197 INTERSECTIONS5 GO Train 0.98 INTERSECTIONS PER HECTARE UP Express NEXT WAVE 1.5 KM OF BIKEWAYS6 * RER** *Alignment subject of 7.1 HECTARES OF SURFACE PARKING Regional Express Rail study 4% OF MOBILITY HUB AREA IS USED **Based on 2015 RER FOR SURFACE PARKING Service Concept

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BLOOR GO STATION7 BLOOR GO STATION INFORMATION

NO PUBLIC WASHROOMS GO STATION ACCESS9 AM PEAK 5% NO BIKE RACKS start of service Drive 5% -9:30 a.m. Drop off NO BIKE SHELTERS 16% Public NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE transit 63% Walk NO DEDICATED PARKING SPACES 11% Bike NO PAID PARKING SPACES

NO CARPOOL SPACES GO TRAIN USE8 AM PEAK start of service-9:30 a.m. DUNDAS WEST TTC STATION Union

BIKE RACKS 150 Arrivals 60 Departures WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PM PEAK 3:30-7:30 p.m.

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110 Departures 60 Arrivals REFERENCES 1. Environics Analytics, "DemoStats 2011," (Toronto, ON) 2. Environics Analytics, "DemoStats 2009 and 2014," (Toronto, ON) 9 3. University of Toronto, "Transportation Tomorrow Survey," PROXIMITY TO GO STATION (Toronto, ON: 2011) 4. Walk Score, "https://www.walkscore.com/score/1456-bloor-st-w- 40% toronto-on-canada", (GTHA, ON: 2015) 5. Based on LEED Neighbourhood Development Rating System 30% Connectivity definition 6. , "Mobility Hubs Cycling Network Interface Analysis," 20% (Toronto, ON: 2013) 7. Metrolinx Intranet Site, "Facilities Inventory," (Toronto, ON: 2015) 10%

8. GO Transit, "Rail Cordon Counts - Fall 2013," (Toronto, ON: % of GO Customers 2013) 0% 9. GO Transit, "2013 GO Rail Passenger Survey", (Toronto, ON: 1KM 2KM 3KM 4KM 5KM + 2013) 85 % of GO Train users live within 4.3KM Additional mobility hub profiles and the documentation methodology of the station. is available at metrolinx.com/mobilityhubs

4 MOBILITY HUBS Glossary December 2015

ANCHOR HUBS GATEWAY HUBS Mobility hubs that have strategic importance due to their relationship Metrolinx has defined gateway hubs as major transit station areas with urban growth centres (UGCs), as well as Pearson Airport and that are located at the interchange between two or more current or due to their roles as the GTHA’s primary international planned regional rapid transit lines as identified in The Big Move gateways. Anchor Hubs have the potential to transform the regional RTP and have 4,500 or more forecasted combined boardings and urban structure and act as anchors of the regional transportation alightings in 2031 (in the morning peak period). In addition, these system. Anchor Hubs are identified in Schedules 1 and 2 of The Big areas are generally forecasted to achieve or have the potential to Move Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). (For more information achieve a minimum density target of approximately 10,000 people see the backgrounder “Mobility Hubs, December 2008”). and jobs combined within 800 metres.

BIKEWAYS GO REGIONAL EXPRESS RAIL (RER) Bikeways in the Mobility Hub Profiles include the following types of RER will provide electrified service on Metrolinx-owned rail cycling infrastructure: segregated or protected bike lanes, marked corridors with 15-minute frequencies in core areas. Service will be bike lanes, paved shoulders, multi-use paths, bicycle boulevards provided in both directions, throughout weekdays, in evenings and (local streets optimized for bicycle travel), marked shared-use on weekends. All-stop and limited stop service will help to meet lanes, and signed routes. Bikeways were identified in the Mobility demand and reduce travel times. RER was formerly referred to as Hub Cycling Network Interface Analysis (2013) developed by “Express Rail” in The Big Move. Metrolinx. The purpose of the analysis was to better understand cycling access to mobility hubs within the GTHA and involved GREATER TORONTO & HAMILTON AREA (GTHA) providing a common bikeway typology for the GTHA, allowing The metropolitan region encompassing the City of Toronto, the four cycling infrastructure to be compared across the region. surrounding Regional Municipalities (Durham, Halton, Peel and York) and the City of Hamilton. BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) Similar to light rail transit operating predominantly in protected GROWTH PLAN FOR THE GREATER GOLDEN HORSESHOE rights-of-way, separate from other traffic, but using advanced The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe is a bus technology. Also includes buses operating in mixed traffic comprehensive strategy to maximize the benefits of growth and on controlled-access expressways that employ congestion maintain our high quality of life. It is a plan to grow in a more management such as tolls, thereby allowing the buses to maintain complete way – so communities offer a good mix of places to live, high average speeds. The capacity of BRT is typically 2,000 to work, shop and play. It is a plan that will create communities where 10,000 passengers per hour, peak direction. Average speed: 15 to it is easier for people to walk, bike or take transit to get around. 40 km/h depending on station spacing, with higher speeds possible on grade-separated rights-of-way on controlled access highways. LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) Example: ’s Viva. Trains (up to three or four cars per train) operating on protected rights-of-way adjacent to or in the medians of roadways DESTINATIONS or rail rights-of-way. Generally at-grade, possibly with Destinations are unique places within the region that have some sections operating in mixed-traffic and/or in tunnels. significant drawing and trip-generating power. Destinations have Electric power is normally via an overhead trolley or pantograph. the potential to influence travel demand within the hub and signify Capacity of 2,000 to 10,000 passengers per hour in the peak the diversity of land uses, an important factor in creating dynamic direction, with higher capacities where there are significant and interesting places. stretches of completely segregated rights-of-way. Average speed: 15 to 35 km/h depending on station spacing and extent FIRST WAVE PROJECTS of grade separation. Examples: Eglinton Crosstown LRT. First Wave projects were identified as priority projects in The Big Move based on their ability to strengthen transit in the GTHA by MAJOR TRANSIT STATION AREA improving regional connectivity and bringing new rapid transit The area including and around any existing or planned higher- services to underserved areas. Metrolinx has allocated funds order transit station within a settlement area, or the area including to deliver the majority of the First Wave transit projects that and around a major bus depot in an urban core. Station areas were identified in Metrolinx’s Investment Strategy (Investing in generally are defined as the area within an approximate 500 metre our Future, Investing in our Region, 2013) and work is currently radius of a transit station, representing about a 10-minute walk. underway on many of these key pieces of transit infrastructure.

5 MOBILITY HUBS Glossary December 2015

MOBILITY HUB SMART COMMUTE Major transit station areas, as defined in the Growth Plan for Greater Smart Commute is a program of Metrolinx and the municipalities Golden Horseshoe, that are particularly significant given the level of the GTHA. The program mandate is to encourage those living of transit service that is planned for them and the development and working in the region to choose more efficient transportation potential around them. They are places of connectivity between choices that reduce congestion, make best use of our transportation regional rapid transit services, and also places where different infrastructure, and help to improve the quality of life in the GTHA. modes of transportation, from walking to high-speed rail, come At Metrolinx, the program incorporates workplace, school and together seamlessly. They have, or are planned to have an community travel. attractive, intensive concentration of employment, living, shopping and enjoyment around a major transit station. To be identified as THE BIG MOVE a mobility hub, a major transit station area must be located at the The Regional Transportation Plan for the GTHA – entitled “The interchange of two or more current or planned regional transit lines Big Move” – is Metrolinx’s 25-year transportation plan. It sets as identified in the RTP, and be forecasted in the RTP to have 4,500 the vision, goals and objectives that are to guide transportation or more combined boardings and alightings in the morning peak planning in the region for the future. The RTP also establishes a period in 2031. In addition, these areas are generally forecasted transportation network to guide future investments in transportation to achieve a minimum density of approximately 10,000 people and infrastructure. jobs within an 800 metre radius. The primary major transit station area associated with an urban growth centre are also identified UP EXPRESS as mobility hubs, as are Pearson Airport and Union Station due UP Express connects the country’s two busiest transportation to their roles as the GTHA’s primary international gateways.transit hubs, Toronto Pearson International Airport and Union Station in station. There are two types of mobility hubs identified in The Big downtown Toronto. UP Express departs from both Pearson Airport Move: Anchor Hubs and Gateway Hubs. and Union Station every 15 minutes, providing a quick and reliable connection between downtown Toronto and the airport. NEXT WAVE PROJECTS Next Wave projects have been identified in Metrolinx’s Investment URBAN GROWTH CENTRE (UGC) Strategy (Investing in our Future, Investing in our Region, 2013) Urban growth centres are identified in the Growth Plan for the as the successive priority transit projects that are required to Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006 as focal areas for directing achieve the objectives set out in The Big Move. The Next Wave significant high-density employment and population growth, project represent additional investment in the region’s transit major transit infrastructure, and a mix of land uses such as infrastructure. Most Next Wave projects have secured funding. commercial, recreational, cultural, entertainment, institutional and public services. As such, they contain current or planned major RAPID TRANSIT (RT) regional destinations such as major institutions, employment Transit service separated partially or completely from general centres, town centres or regional shopping centres, and they have vehicular traffic and therefore able to maintain higher levels of significant potential to attract and accommodate new growth and speed, reliability and vehicle productivity than can be achieved by development. The Growth Plan designates 25 UGCs in the Greater transit vehicles operating in mixed traffic. Golden Horseshoe, of which 17 are in the GTHA.

REGIONAL RAIL IN THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION WALKSCORE PLAN Walk Score is a widely used indicator that measures an area’s Diesel or electric trains serving primarily longer-distance regional walkability based on accessibility and proximity to amenities. trips; approximate capacity at 10-minute headways of 5,000 Walk Score both describes the quality of the walking environment to 20,000 passengers per hour peak direction; service can be and can explain differences in walking behaviour across space. enhanced by electrification, enabling better train performance Walk Score identifies four neighbourhood walkability categories: (acceleration) and therefore higher average speeds even with Walker’s Paradise (where daily errands do not require a car), Very relatively close station spacing. Average speed: 30 km/h with two Walkable (where most errands can be accomplished on foot), km station spacing; 50 km/h with wider station spacing or electrified Somewhat Walkable (where some errands can be accomplished trains. Example: GO Transit rail system. by foot), and Car-Dependent (where almost all errands require a car). REGIONAL RAPID TRANSIT NETWORK The network of Express Rail, Regional Rail, Subway, and Other Rapid Transit services identified in Schedules 1 and 2 of The Big Move.

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