Station Profile for Willis Way Station
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: 160/hectare 122/hectare 108/hectare General Characteristics • Urban core of the City of Waterloo • Mix of commercial, residential, cultural, employment and institutional uses Weber St N Future Population and Employment Density Desired residential and job density within 800m of LRT Station Updated December 2020 Current Willis Way Station residential density: 51/hectare Current Willis Way Station employment density: 57/hectare Dover Current Willis Way Station residential and job density: Projected 2021 Willis Way Station residential and job density: Devitt Ave N Devitt Ave S City of Waterloo Land Use Recommendations ghton St Active Frontage** Convertible Frontage** Willis Way Station was not included in the City of Waterloo’s Station Area Additional Active/Convertible Frontage** Moore Ave N Planning Initiative. Additional Land Use Recommendations E t d S Lucan Ave R l t e • Encourage higher density and mixed use land uses along key transit r r E R o u St corridors while maintaining established low density residential o p a t S e L N in neighbourhoods g n g d Bowman St i h r El Pe o E B pp W J le ill St r ow St S g t St S R Willow n e i eg r i n na E i St P Sp v N St t A G W K n ill K a in o e t r n St St g t St S l St p St ber ry t D u S er a a g o H Ez tr rs N M n D e n i et E Industrial/Employment e r St H R g C ug e r Heavy Industrial Employment t g S h o Sp Do e in Institutional m s a St e L m i W n a G Major Institutional io n S a t S e i W n Alb l Open Space t er S t St L l e an i ane n L p St e ds W d o o o t D i g H n S n t S U u St t w g M y in C S o K o a a Y r g o d l W s i o n r e a s o l St i D l SPA 28 S l W SPA 6 SPA N St W G i oline m r t S Ca t S W York St a WILLIS WAY r n t St n t St g n o S SPA 29 h o t em r a re r F o St St d e e k rk J r SPA 10 l o SPA 15 Pa n Se o l Y o d t St u l SPA 10 rk i S STATION AREA CHARACTERISTICSF Pa W SPA 17 Short St Land Use Plan St G n York SPA 11 a W m d Eden Av C SPA 10 m St a W 0 n r bar on v B Av s l elm t e S 0 Eu o Es o cl nt id A B L t S 5 v a e N n n Be e E Mixed Use e n lm W l on e m l t Mixed Use Residential lls L o A B an i ve I r ar e a rel W Y A ard i Mixed Use Non-Residential s n D Blvd l l e r M i U en v Mixed Use Neighbourhood Commercial e no St u W St A Mixed Use Office t a vern n CONESTOGA B e Se m o v Ea d r 0 i W l St A m 0 v a a 0 Avondale Ave S St r 1 D Avo b d n NORTHFIELD r dale e n Ave Er th a a x RESEARCH & F e Dunbar Rd S l Dun TECHNOLOGY A ba Ros r Rd lin Ave N UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO Roslin Ave S St n Be d LAURIER- verley St o s R WATERLOO PARK ve w illcrest A H e a m D l WATERLOO ietz Av D e o N St Die PUBLIC tz A h ve S s W estmount s Core SQUARE e Rd S u d High Density Residential r R u Medium Density Residential r St o D Low Density Residential L s e a WILLIS WAY v l th W r g A y u D s d St o ALLEN y r D e a n l i l h l n i o Em H J GRAND RIVER pir Sta e St l HOSPITAL P St d r CENTRAL STATION- k c a i i l INNOVATION DISTRICT l D i H KITCHENER l CITY HALL r P rie e au Cres L VICTORIA PARK Business Park Commercial Corridor Commercial QUEEN LEGEND FREDERICK KITCHENER MARKET BORDEN MILL BLOCK LINE FAIRWAY WILLIS WAY 41 L Weber St N I Dove Existing Sidewalk Network Devitt Ave N Devitt Ave S hton St Moore Ave N Moore Ave S E d R t r o Lucan Ave p Pe e pp g l d er i St S r Tweed St t B in E g St t Bowman St El S g n l e u r o R Y u e E E gi a n E L t a Willow St S St St t g N S n e E n n s h i t t E o i r s S S P K J t in e er t Sp g c St m rb S St n t a e i i H l N n G l a l i i tr Pr o lle n p n e u St W C W W t D d t S D S or R W g se t t e t n S t g i St r S y r r r W o a s p t p R o M s W e S S e g e g e t in a G l ert S g d c S S A b t i n n t t e r i S n u n a B L W o Pr o ds p od Y t D S u y Hu S t n D a gh S e o g i W s Kin L n W s a i n t t l e U l S S i w b W St r rk o E g e Pa s n r St S a l a St oline tz L Car G un F K t r e rk St o S e Y St e r t m St p nt e S o o n St n H d l i o t d t o G M r o e l Short St l W u F St Eden Av Canbar Ave sson E B e elmo Av W St nt Euclid t Ave La on e We Belm l lls d y r re Lane e r v Ba l Ya v g rd t A l D s Blvd mon r r el B B A e Belm u e n on a Av t rn o St e i B Menno Sev n St e d ern v v i Se U E v arl Av St A a ondale A W D ve N r W t e S t Updated December 2020 Avondale Ave S h t t S n a S e n Av F l on l n d Du h ale A nb a ar R A o v d N J m r Dunbar Rd S o N D unbar R Ro d slin Ave N d e R v e A e S Roslin Av m e l n W o i St h t h Bev s e n rley S s St u o n R s Hillcrest Ave m w a Su i a l l i Di D etz Ave N W D ietz Ave S Westmou S St d r s D R e t a n l v g u A o u d m o t r s D a e i l W l i H 90% r Em D pir e St y l St e l P St s n d e k r d c i Sta a i Sidewalk present Sidewalk absent Trail Bike Lane l D l i H l r P ie ur ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION La Existing Sidewalk Network Sidewalk-roadway ratio of of 97 (Walker’s Paradise) • Current ratio indicates large number of streets have sidewalk on both sides with some exceptions • The majority of gaps include residential streets with sidewalk on one side only CONESTOGA Walk Score Existing Connectivity & Walkability NORTHFIELD • • This indicates comfortable and direct walking distances for pedestrians RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY Existing Bike Network UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO • Three main corridors of bike infrastructure: LAURIER- • Multi-use trail on Caroline Street between Erb Street and William Street WATERLOO PARK • Bike lanes on both sides of Father David Bauer Drive between Westmount Road and Erb Street WATERLOO PUBLIC • Segment of multi-use trail on Erb Street connecting the Father David Bauer SQUARE Drive bike lanes and Caroline Street multi-use trail Existing Trail Network WILLIS WAY • Laurel Trail travels between Bearinger Road and Uptown Waterloo, ALLEN running parallel along much of the LRT tracks in the Willis Way Station area • Spur Line Trail travels from William/Willow Street to Ahrens Street West in Kitchener GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL • Internal trail network within Waterloo Park CENTRAL STATION- INNOVATION DISTRICT KITCHENER CITY HALL VICTORIA PARK QUEEN FREDERICK KITCHENER MARKET BORDEN MILL BLOCK LINE FAIRWAY CONESTOGA NORTHFIELD ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION r to W St n e L b S e t r RESEARCH & S Proposed Active Transport Network t A N lb TECHNOLOGY e St rt Elgin S t Cen UNIVERSITY tral St City of Waterloo Active Transportation Recommendations 1kj P e E p OF WATERLOO g St R rin p Sp e K l g D e W i t i S r pring o n n E S S g r a g St s un D Yo t Willis Way Station was not included in the City of Waterloo’s Station Area Plans LAURIER- e St St e v I t i St N N d E M tt rt R o WATERLOO PARK gepo A initiative.