TRANSFORMING TRANSPORTATION IN BURLINGTON

May 30, 2015 | Tom Aylward-Nally

Who is ?

Metrolinx was created in 2006 by the Province of Ontario as the first-ever regional transportation agency for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

2 Metrolinx Structure & Responsibilities

Key Business Units that help us fulfill our responsibilities to plan, deliver and operate:

Planning Capital & Policy Projects

Plan Deliver Operate we shape the we are builders, through our three operating divisions, we help the public move regional buyers and across our region every day, with a focus on customer service transportation managers of excellence system so it is infrastructure modern, efficient and integrated

3 Metrolinx catchment: Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area (GTHA)

Expansive • 8,242 km2, 1.5 times the size of Prince Edward Island • Diverse spectrum of urban, suburban and rural land use Fast-growing • 6.6 million people in 2011, will be 9 million in 2031 Complex • 4 levels of government • 30 municipalities • 9 municipal transit agencies + Metrolinx

Certain Metrolinx initiatives reach beyond the GTHA • Select GO Transit services extend to an outer arc of communities including Peterborough, Barrie, Waterloo and Niagara. • PRESTO and Transit Procurement Initiative serve communities across Ontario

4 A Region under Pressure

The GTHA “suffers from traffic congestion problems, poorly integrated transit services and relatively underdeveloped transport infrastructure.” OECD Territorial Review, 2010

• Average commute time per • Costs $6 billion in travel • Over 500,000 tonnes of person, per day is 82 costs and lost productivity annual GHG emissions minutes. every year. is due to traffic • Projected to increase to • By 2031, this number congestion. 109 minutes in the next 25 could increase to $15 years. billion.

5 Regional Transportation Plan:

• Adopted unanimously by the Metrolinx Board of Directors in November 2008 following extensive public and stakeholder engagement • A blueprint that reaches out 25 years into the future to guide and direct decision-making − Aligned with Growth Plan and Greenbelt • About values as much as it is about vehicles – includes over 100 priority actions and supporting policies covering a wide range of transportation areas • A living document − In February 2013, the Board approved some technical amendments to reflect analysis completed 2009-2012 − The Plan must be fully reviewed at least every 10 years after the passing of the Metrolinx Act in 2006. The first formal review process is now underway.

6 PRESTO

• The region’s integrated fare card system − Similar to the most sophisticated fare cards systems in the world, like the Oyster Card in London − Key to having the regional network function as a seamless whole • Over 1.4 million PRESTO cards in use, and over $1.1 billion in fare payments to date • Fully deployed across GO Transit, UP Express, seven local transit systems in the “905” area, and Ottawa’s OC Transpo • Roll-out now in progress on the TTC: − Now at 18 subway stations; 26 stations by summer − Now on six new streetcars running on Spadina and Harbourfront routes; increasing as new streetcars arrive − Plan to deploy to the remaining 43 subway/RT stations and the entire streetcar and bus fleet by end of 2016

7 Seamless Fares

“Co-Fare” Program Today • Metrolinx has agreements with many local transit systems in the GTHA, including , to make it more economical for residents to seamlessly transfer between GO Transit and local transit services; • GO riders with a or valid paper ticket pay just 75 cents per ride to travel on Burlington Transit to and from any connecting GO service • Metrolinx provides an annual subsidy to Burlington Transit to cover these costs.

GTHA Fare and Service Integration Tomorrow • With expanded GO service and new rapid transit lines being completed, connecting local and regional systems becomes even more critical • Transit users often face obstacles when they cross the GTHA’s internal boundaries: additional fares, inconsistent fare policies and disjointed service • Metrolinx is working with GTHA municipal transit agencies on a plan that will propose greater integration to improve the customer experience

8 Smart Commute

• Metrolinx’s Smart Commute program works with communities, schools, and workplaces to organize and provide more efficient transportation services such as carpooling, transit, walking or cycling • These Transportation Demand Management measures help reduce congestion and improve quality of life in the region. 22 local employers • Currently there are 13 local Smart Commute offices currently participating in in the GTHA serving 340 employers and 720,000 the program, including: Morguard, Sheridan employees and post secondary school students. College, DeGroote • The local Smart Commute office serving Burlington School of Business, the Town of Halton Hills and is Smart Commute Halton, operated by Halton Roxul Region.

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Supporting Active Transportation

Active School Travel • Parents chauffering school-age children is significant source of road congestion and is often avoidable • Problem has been worsening over recent decades, but a multi-year pilot across 30 GTHA schools showed trends can be reversed • Metrolinx is now working with partners to develop implementation plan for the GTHA

Making transit more bicycle-supportive • “BikeLinx” was a “Quick Win” -- Metrolinx funding provided to local transit agencies to get bike racks on virtually every bus in the region • Incorporating bicycle-supportive features into new transit construction • Safe and secure bike parking at new transit stations

10 The Big Move Strategy #1: “Build a comprehensive regional rapid transit network”

The Big Move proposes to build over 1,200 km of rapid transit — more than triple what exists now — so that over 80 per cent of residents in the region will live within two km of rapid transit

11 New rapid transit lines under construction

Viva Bus Rapid Transit Mississauga Transitway Eglinton Crosstown LRT 31 km 18 km 19 km

Construction 2011 – 2019 Construction 2010 – 2017 Construction 2011 – 2020 Phased opening 2013 – 2019 Phased opening 2014 – 2017 Opening 2020

12 UP Express

• North America’s first dedicated airport express train, connecting downtown Toronto to Pearson airport starting June 6 − 25 minute journey time with trains departing every 15 minutes from 5:30 am to 1:00 am

− Express train service optimized for air travellers rather than commuters – a first for North America; similar to dedicated airport rail links in leading European and Asian cities • State-of-the-art trains equipped with luggage racks and arrival/departure information, and powered by North America’s first Tier 4 engines • One more option you can choose to get to the airport – complements other parts of regional network

13 GO Transit: Aggressive Growth

Service Expansion • Over 500 additional weekday bus and train trips in the last three years • Largest single expansion occurred in summer 2013 when the Lakeshore lines moved to 30-minute off-peak service

Ridership • Nearly 50% ridership growth over the past decade • 2013/2014: 66 million boardings

14 GO Transit: How We’re Growing

Railway Corridor Purchases • Tracks in the region currently carry both freight and commuter trains. We’ve implemented growth plan that saw GO Transit purchase more of the tracks (from 38% to 80%). This has enabled us to expand and launch new services

Parking Expansion • More than 18,500 parking spaces were added to our network over the last five years (representing a growth of more than 37%), providing more capacity for our growing ridership

Fleet Expansion • Over the last five years, bus and train fleets have grown from approximately 87,000 seats to approximately 120,000 seats

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Expanding

The heart of the regional rapid transit network: Canada’s busiest passenger transportation hub serves 250,000 people every day with many more expected in the future Over a billion dollars of new investment in multiple complementary projects by Metrolinx, the City of Toronto and the TTC, including: • Tripling the size of the GO Transit concourses • New underground retail level • More entrances and PATH connections • Revitalized train shed with new platform access points • Expanded subway station with additional platform • New multi-carrier bus terminal integrated with private development • Upgrading 80-year old signalling system to accommodate more train service

16 Improving GO stations in Burlington

Burlington GO Station • GO has outgrown the existing station building; replacement will be more spacious (over 20,000 sq ft.) and offer more amenities to our customers, improved waiting areas and enhanced accessibility • Includes an enhanced south bus loop and relocated Kiss & Ride to provide more convenient access • Environmentally-friendly design: 265 solar panels and targeting LEED-Gold Certification • Rehabilitating north and south surface parking lots • A new parking space counting system for the existing parking structure will be added

Appleby GO Station • Rehabilitating the north and south parking lots and adding energy efficient lighting • Relocating the south Kiss & Ride, and enhancing the south bus loop to provide more convenient access to GO and Burlington Transit buses

17 New Burlington GO Station building

18 Metrolinx’s next 10 years

Over the next 10 years, Metrolinx Both Metrolinx’s current rapid transit will move forward with additional projects and these additional 4 LRT LRT projects on four key corridors lines lay the groundwork for a more throughout the region: connected region. • Finch West LRT Over the next 10 years, we will • Sheppard East LRT connect these projects to a true • Hurontario-Main LRT regional rapid transit network, by transforming GO Transit through • Hamilton LRT GO Regional Express Rail (RER)

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LRT Projects in Western GTHA

• Funded by Moving Ontario Forward GTHA transit fund

Hurontario-Main LRT • 23-km LRT in Mississauga and Brampton, valued at $1.6 billion • Over 20 stops, including connections to three GO Transit lines, Brampton Züm, and the Mississauga Transitway • Environmental Assessment completed in 2014; anticipated construction start in 2018 and in-service in 2022

Hamilton LRT • East-west LRT from McMaster to Queenston Circle • Connections with GO service • Preliminary design completed in 2013; anticipated construction start in 2019

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GO RER: Frequent. Fast. Connected.

Metrolinx is transforming the GO rail network – the backbone of regional rapid transit in the GTHA – to give you a faster, more convenient way to connect with the things that matter.

Through our 10-year Regional Express Rail program, we will change the way our entire region moves, so you can spend less time getting there and more time being there.

21 The Vision for GO RER

Convenience Speed & • Two-way, all-day transit Reliability • Twice the train trips • New electric trains that during rush hour will reduce journey times • Four times the train trips • New infrastructure that outside rush hour and clears the way for weekends uninterrupted service

Congestion Relief Growth & • With roughly four times the Prosperity number of weekly GO trips, • Improved access to we’ll see reduced crowding employment, education, on highways, roads, and and community activities local transit systems

22 It’s Our Turn

Fifty cities across the globe rely on regional express rail systems. While our regional express rail service would have many unique characteristic, it will bear similarities to systems in other countries, such as the Réseau Expréss Regional in Paris, Sydney Trains in Sydney, and the Overground in London.

These systems typically share the following basic trains: • Frequent all-day service • Predominantly surface rail lines • Electric trains • Good connections with local transit

23 Components of the GO RER Program

Metrolinx has worked with the Province to develop the GO RER program, which is comprised of five key elements:

1. Service Concept, in order to provide the foundation to determine infrastructure needs and develop a phasing plan

2. Infrastructure Needs, in order to be clear on the infrastructure and equipment that will . be needed to deliver on the Service Concept

3. Electrification Plan, to identify the extent of electrification across the system

4. Phasing Plan, to identify the optimal sequencing of infrastructure and service, . considering factors like ridership growth, congestion benefits, and effective infrastructure . delivery

5. Engagement Plan, to identify the work necessary to engage stakeholders that include . the public, municipalities, and elected officials

24 1) Service Concept

The GO RER service concept is made up of three components:

Frequency and Extent of Type of Service Service Speed Service

• Peak period • All-stop • Electrification • Off peak periods • Limited-stop (express • Other infrastructure • Core vs. outlying tiers of trains) improvements that may the network • A mix of both increase service speed

Through thorough analysis, the 10-year service concept includes: • Doubling peak period (rush hour) service • Quadrupling off-peak period (midday, evening, and weekend) service

25 1) Service Concept: Weekday Rush Hour (Peak Direction)

EXISTING

26 1) Service Concept: Weekday Rush Hour (Peak Direction)

GO RER

27 1) Service Concept: Mid-Day, Evening & Weekend

EXISTING

28 1) Service Concept: Mid-Day, Evening & Weekend

GO RER

29 Service Concept

Current Facts GO RER Service: (2014) 17 million 33 million Annual Annual Ridership Ridership

90 total trips per All-day, tw o-way weekday 15, 30, and 60 minute service 64 km Total Corridor (not New electric electrified) trains (Aldershot to Union) reducing journey times by

up to 20%

Express service for some trips to/from Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville Stations

Service Concept Lakeshore West line

Current Facts GO RER Service: (2014) 17 million 33 million Annual Annual Ridership Ridership

90 total trips per All-day, tw o-way weekday 15, 30, and 60 minute service 64 km Total Corridor (not New electric electrified) trains (Aldershot to Union) reducing journey times by

up to 20%

Express service for some trips to/from Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville Stations

Service Concept Lakeshore West line

Current Facts GO RER Service: (2014) 17 million 33 million Annual Annual Ridership Ridership

90 total trips per All-day, tw o-way weekday 15, 30, and 60 minute service 64 km Total Corridor (not New electric electrified) trains (Aldershot to Union) reducing journey times by

up to 20%

Express service for some trips to/from Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville Stations

2) Infrastructure Needs

This level of service doesn’t come easy. Metrolinx is undertaking one of the largest infrastructure projects in North America to help bring you better, more reliable service you can count on.

33 3) Electrification Plan

Electric trains can accelerate faster and travel at top speeds for longer, cutting journey times for some trips by up to 20%

Portions of GO network proposed for electrification shaped by railway corridor ownership

Metrolinx is pursuing a multi-corridor electrification Environmental Assessment (EA) and design

34 4) Phasing Plan

• We will introduce new services on an incremental basis, each and every year over the next decade • To deliver GO RER within 10 years, planning, design, environmental assessment, construction and new service introduction must all occur concurrently across the network – Need to coordinate the various expansion steps along each corridor with one another, and also with changes occurring elsewhere on the network at the same time – Need to continue offering quality service to existing GO customers and grow ridership throughout the build phase – Need to efficiently manage complex transitions (such as shifting from an all-diesel to a mixed diesel and electric fleet) in a phased manner • Detailed phasing plan now being developed

35 35 5) Engagement Plan

Effective engagement with municipalities, stakeholders, communities, and the public will be key to the success of the GO RER program.

• Municipal Briefings – Metrolinx will hold meetings with municipalities across the region to discuss integration with local transit, infrastructure implementation, and supportive land-use

• Stakeholder Forum and Corridor Committees – offer opportunity for Metrolinx and the communities we serve to share information on the GO RER program

• Public engagement - during Environmental Assessments and Design work, construction, and the launch of new service

• Online engagement strategies, which will be posted to the GO RER program website at www.metrolinx.com/ReadySetGO

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