The document outlines the plans for Kennedy Station's light rail transit project, highlighting features such as low-floor light rail vehicles with improved accessibility, comfort, and efficiency. It details design excellence principles guiding the transit system, focused on functionality and public experience, and provides specific information on station accessibility features and contexts. Additionally, it discusses the financing model through alternative financing and procurement, emphasizing risk transfer, cost certainty, and the roles of Metrolinx and other stakeholders in project execution.

1. Kennedy Station Online Consultation
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2. Surface Light Rail Transit
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3. Metrolinx LRV
• 4 doors per car (2 single, 2 double)
• Up to 3 cars per consist
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4. Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs)
• New LRVs will feature:
• 100% low floors, with level
boarding at stops
• Multiple-entries & Proof of
Payment Fares for fast
boarding
• Air conditioning
• Audio and visual passenger information
• Manufactured in Thunder Bay
• High passenger capacity, 1 LRV = 2.5 Buses
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5. LRT Operations
• Dedicated transit line for reliable
service
• Predictable travel times
• Traffic signal coordination
• Smooth & comfortable
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Wider stop spacing for
fast service
Automated fare vending
machines
Next vehicle arrival
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6. Multiple Door Entry
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7. Accessible Rail
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8. Overview: Design Excellence at Metrolinx
 Design excellence at Metrolinx
refers to the successful
interplay between:
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Functionality
Durability
Beauty
Value
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9. Crosstown Principles of Design Excellence
1. A strong conceptual narrative vision across the system
2. Design that elevates the quality of the public transit experience
3. Civic scale, materiality and quality
4. Clarity and simplicity of architectural expression through
integrated design of building systems and elements
5. Responsiveness to contextual, local and future conditions
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10. 1. A Strong Conceptual Narrative Vision across the System
A coherent and unified
architectural strategy for the
entire Crosstown line
Clear strategy for
consistent and variable
elements
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11. 2. Design that Elevates the Quality of the Public Transit Experience
Openness through optimal
spatial penetration
Optimized daylight penetration
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12. 3. Civic Scale, Materiality and Quality
Unified ground plan inside and
outside stations and at stops
Civic materials and character of
open spaces
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13. 4. Clarity and Simplicity of Architectural Expression through
Integrated Building Systems and Elements
Integrated structural,
mechanical, and electrical
systems
A clear hierarchy and plan
for user-centred integrated
information
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14. 5. Responsiveness to Contextual, Local and future Conditions
Sustainability measures
Integration with historic elements
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15. Crosstown Accessible Features: Stations
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Accessible path from street to platform
Accessible routes identified
Station attendant
Platform edge tactile strip
Wayfinding tiles on platforms
Near-level boarding of trains
Platform edge illumination
Audible messages throughout stations
Signage with accessible features
Designated Waiting Area
Colour contrast between station walls and floors
Equipment mounted at accessible heights
Benches
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16. Crosstown Accessibility Features: Stops
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Platform edge tactile strip
Platform edge illumination
Colour contrast between walls and platform
Equipment mounted at accessible heights
Sheltered benches
Sheltered wheelchair area
Passenger assistance intercom
Ramp access to platforms
Signage with accessible features
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17. Typical Centre Platform:
Example - Bermondsey
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18. Bermondsey - Context
Residential
Industrial /
Commercial
Esso Gas
Industrial /
Commercial
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19. Bermondsey
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20. Storage Track at Bermondsey
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At key sections along the Crosstown route additional tracks are needed to
ensure vehicle storage and the ability to turn back
Storage tracks are required in case of unplanned equipment failure
Required approximately every 4km
Exact location under review
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21. Typical Parallel Side Platforms:
Example - Victoria Park, Pharmacy, Birchmount and Ionview
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22. Victoria Park - Context
Eglinton
Square Mall
Commercial
(Big Box)
Hydro
Residential
Residential
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23. Victoria Park
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24. Pharmacy - Context
Commercial
Commercial
Petro Canada
Commercial
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Commercial

25. Pharmacy
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26. Birchmount - Context
Residential
Residential
Police
Station
Employment
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Employment

27. Birchmount
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28. Ionview - Context
Residential Midrise
Residential
Commercial
Residential Midrise
Residential Midrise
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Open Space

29. Ionview
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30. Typical Far Side Platform
Example - Lebovic and Warden
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31. Lebovic - Context
Heritage
Building
Big Box Retail
Big Box Retail
Institutional
(Ontario Court)
Big Box Retail
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32. Lebovic
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33. Warden - Context
Commercial / Big
box Retail
Commercial / Big
box Retail
Car Dealership
Heritage
Building
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Commercial / Big
box Retail

34. Warden
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35. Platforms – Day and Night Renderings
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36. Kennedy Station
Local Context - Demand
Kennedy
Road
Eglinton Avenue
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Midland Avenue
Ionview Road
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37. Kennedy Station
Plan View-Phase 1
NORTH
New GO PPUDO
New West
Entrance
New GO Ticketing
Building
Existing GO
East Platform
Existing PPUDO
Existing Bus Terminal
to Remain
New GO West
Platform
New GO South
Tunnel
Possible Location
of new TTC TPSS
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38. Kennedy Station
Plan View –Phase 2
Full Extent of future GO West Platform
Phase 2:Elevator and Stair to Concourse
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Future Extension
of GO West
Platform: Phase 2after SRT removal
New GO PPUDO
New GO Ticketing
Building
New West
Entrance
Existing GO
East Platform
Existing Bus
Terminal to
Remain
New GO West
Platform
Existing
PPUDO
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39. Kennedy Station
Aerial Perspective
NORTH
Kennedy Road
New West
Entrance
Existing Bus
Terminal to
Remain
Existing PPUDO
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40. Kennedy Station
Aerial Perspective Zoom
Existing Bus
Terminal to
Remain
New West
Entrance
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Existing
PPUDO

41. Kennedy Station
Concourse Level
NORTH
Retail Space
Future Phase 2: Public Unpaid Link
Phase 2: Stair to GO East Platform
Phase 2: Stair to GO West Platform
Main Entrance
GO Facilities
Phase 2: Elevators
GO Platform
Existing Elevator to
GO East Platform
Existing South
Entrance
Access to Existing
PPUDO
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Existing Stair to
GO East Platform

42. Kennedy Station
Platform Level
NORTH
Lower Level
ECLRT Platform
New Firefighter
Access
New Firefighter
Access
Existing Bloor-Danforth
Subway Platform
Existing Tail-tracks
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43. Kennedy Station
Profile View
North
Service Road
Eglinton Avenue
West Service Road
Landscape Band
Existing:
• Scarborough RT
• Bus Terminal
• Kennedy subway
station
Multiuse
Pathway
SRT structure to be
removed after
subway extension
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Parking

44. Kennedy Station
East-West Section through LRT station
GO East Ticketing
Building
Underground
Connection to
ECLRT Phase 2
SRT structure to be
removed after
subway extension
New ECLRT West
Entrance
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45. New Approach: Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP)
Public Private Partnership models have been underway in Canada for 20 years
• 165 projects
• 21 transportation projects
• $51 billion total project value
Canada-wide examples
• Canada Line rapid transit project (Vancouver)
• Autoroute 25 (Montréal)
• Trans-Canada Highway (Atlantic Canada)
Ontario examples
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Pan Am games athletes village
Ottawa Light Rail Transit
Highway 407 East Phase 1
The Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway (Formerly the Windsor Essex Parkway)
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46. Owner’s Role Changes with AFP
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47. New Approach: Advantages of (AFP)
 Increased capacity to bring projects to market
 Transfer of risk
• Appropriate risks transferred to private sector to ensure “on time, on budget”
delivery and offer value for money
• Design, construction, cost escalation, schedule delays, operations, maintenance,
lifecycle, financial risk
 Cost certainty
• Optimal cost combination: combines capital, maintenance and life cycle costs
• Integration of design and construction
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48. New Approach: Roles and Responsibilities in the Design
Build Finance Maintain model
Metrolinx Role:
Design
Finance
 Overall scope (inclusion of maintenance,
operations, etc.)
 Project-Specific Output Specifications
(with Consultant team)
 Real Estate Acquisition (with City of
Toronto)
 Project Budget
 With Infrastructure Ontario run a competitive
procurement process; select the winning
contractor
Maintain
 Testing & Commissioning (with Toronto
Transit Commission)
 Safety Certification and Project Acceptance
Build
 Oversee Construction Phase
 Quality Assurance
TTC to operate
 Integrated with existing TTC system
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