Town of Oakville Planning Department Town of Oakville - Transit Strategy Oakville, Ontario January 2010 Town of Oakville Planning Department Town of Oakville - Transit Strategy Oakville, Ontario January 2010 iTRANS Consulting Inc. 100 York Blvd., Suite 300 Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1J8 Tel: (905) 882-4100 Fax: (905) 882-1557 www.itransconsulting.com Project # 5173 Town of Oakville Town of Oakville - Transit Strategy Client Project Team Project Manager Tricia Collingwood Project Team Joanne Phoenix iTRANS Project Team Principal / Project Manager Ray Bacquie, P.Eng., AVS. Technical Team Mark Mis, MBA Andrew Evans, MSc. Sherwin Gumbs, M.Eng., P.Eng. Tavia Chow Quality Control Wally Beck, C.E.T. January 2010 iTRANS Project # 5173 Town of Oakville Town of Oakville - Transit Strategy TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 2. Existing Conditions ....................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Existing Transit Mode Shares................................................................................ 3 2.1.1 Home-Work Transit Trips............................................................................ 4 2.1.2 Home-School Transit Trips........................................................................ 10 2.1.3 Home-Other Transit Trips.......................................................................... 15 2.2 Existing Population and Employment Density.................................................... 20 2.2.1 Population Density..................................................................................... 20 2.2.2 Employment Density.................................................................................. 20 2.2.3 Population and Employment Density......................................................... 20 3. Challenges and Opportunities.................................................................................... 24 3.1 Transportation Travel Trends .............................................................................. 24 3.2 Accessibility to Major Employment Centres....................................................... 24 3.3 2031 Population and Employment Density ......................................................... 26 4. Rapid Transit Corridors and Mobility Hubs ........................................................... 30 4.1 Rapid Transit ....................................................................................................... 30 4.1.1 Existing Rapid Transit Corridors ............................................................... 30 4.1.2 Identified Rapid Transit Corridors............................................................. 31 4.1.3 Potential Rapid Transit Corridors .............................................................. 33 4.2 Mobility Hubs...................................................................................................... 37 4.2.1 Existing Mobility Hubs.............................................................................. 37 4.2.2 Identified Mobility Hubs............................................................................ 37 4.2.3 Potential Mobility Hubs ............................................................................. 38 5. Technical Analysis....................................................................................................... 41 5.1 Service and Technology Levels........................................................................... 41 5.2 Model Methodology ............................................................................................ 42 5.2.1 Transit Mode Shares .................................................................................. 43 5.2.2 Peak Hour Passenger Volumes .................................................................. 43 5.2.3 Existing and Identified Rapid Transit Network ......................................... 45 5.2.4 Long-Term Rapid Transit Network ........................................................... 51 6. Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 57 6.1 Corridors.............................................................................................................. 57 6.1.1 Kerr Street .................................................................................................. 60 6.2 Mobility Hubs...................................................................................................... 61 6.3 Transit Priority Measures .................................................................................... 61 Glossary of Terms................................................................................................................. 64 January 2010 i iTRANS Project # 5173 Town of Oakville Town of Oakville - Transit Strategy Tables Table 1: Rapid Transit Connections: Employment Centres / Municipalities ......................... 25 Table 2: Service and Technology Levels................................................................................ 42 Table 3: Existing and Identified Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2021 PPHPD and Frequency................................................................................................................................ 46 Table 4: Existing and Identified Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2021 Transit Mode Shares ................................................................................................................................................. 48 Table 5: Existing and Identified Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2031 PPHPD and Frequency................................................................................................................................ 49 Table 6: Existing and Identified Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2031 Transit Mode Shares ................................................................................................................................................. 50 Table 7: Long-Term Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2021 PPHPD and Frequency.......... 52 Table 8: Long-Term Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2021 Transit Mode Shares ............. 52 Table 9: Long-Term Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2031 PPHPD and Frequency.......... 54 Table 10: Long-Term Rapid Transit Network – Horizon 2021 Transit Mode Shares............ 55 Table 11: Transit Service and Technology Recommendations .............................................. 57 Exhibits Exhibit 1: Town of Oakville’s Geographic Markets................................................................. 1 Exhibit 2: Town of Oakville’s Traffic Zone and Urban Structures .......................................... 3 Exhibit 3: 2006 AM Peak Period Average Transit Mode Shares by Trip Purpose .................. 4 Exhibit 4: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Work Origin (AM Peak) – Local Transit .................. 6 Exhibit 5: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Work Origin (AM Peak) – Local and GO Transit..... 7 Exhibit 6: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Work Destination (AM Peak) – Local Transit .......... 8 Exhibit 7: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Work Destination (AM Peak) – Local and GO Transit ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Exhibit 8: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – School Origin (AM Peak) – Local Transit .............. 11 Exhibit 9: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – School Origin (AM Peak) – Local and GO Transit. 12 Exhibit 10: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – School Destination (AM Peak) – Local Transit .... 13 Exhibit 11: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – School Destination (AM Peak) – Local and GO Transit ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Exhibit 12: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Other Origin (AM Peak) – Local Transit .............. 16 Exhibit 13: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Other Origin (AM Peak) – Local and GO Transit. 17 Exhibit 14: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Other Destination (AM Peak) – Local Transit ...... 18 Exhibit 15: 2006 Transit Mode Shares – Other Destination (AM Peak) – Local and GO Transit ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Exhibit 16: 2006 Population Density...................................................................................... 21 Exhibit 17: 2006 Employment Density................................................................................... 22 Exhibit 18: 2006 Population and Employment Density ......................................................... 23 Exhibit 19: 2031 Population Density...................................................................................... 27 Exhibit 20: 2031 Employment Density................................................................................... 28 Exhibit 21: 2031 Population and Employment Density ......................................................... 29 Exhibit 22: Existing Rapid Transit Corridors ......................................................................... 30 Exhibit 23: Identified Rapid Transit Corridors....................................................................... 31 Exhibit 24: Oakville Transit Network (as of September 2009) .............................................. 33 January 2010 ii iTRANS Project # 5173 Town of Oakville Town of Oakville