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Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1
2 Proposed Development 3
2.1 Land Use 3
2.2 Road System 3
3 Transit Streets 5
3.1 North Oakville East Transit Plan 5
3.2 Existing Transit Routes 5
3.3 Dundas Street Bus Rapid Transit 6
4 Transit stops 7
5 Conclusions 10
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Figure 1 Site Location 2
Figure 2 Preliminary Draft Plan 4
Figure 3 Functional Servicing Plan 9
Appendix Appendix A North Oakville Plans
Appendix B Cross Sections
Appendix C Transit Stops
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1 Introduction
Dundas Trafalgar Inc. is filing a draft plan of subdivision application for Phase 1, 2 and 3 of the Dundas
Trafalgar Inc. North Oakville Development located in the northeast quadrant of Dundas Street East and
Trafalgar Road in the Town of Oakville, see Figure 1. These land form part of the North Oakville
Secondary Plan.
GHD was retained by Dundas Trafalgar Inc. to prepare a Transit Facilities Plan for Phases 1, 2 and 3 to
confirm that the proposed subdivision development is consistent with the Town’s transit plan for North
Oakville.
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2 Proposed Development 2.1 Land Use
Figure 2 shows the preliminary draft plan of subdivision provided by Bousfields Inc., dated December 10
2012. The subject lands are currently primarily agricultural and occupied by two small businesses. The
surrounding lands are also primarily agricultural farmland to the north, east and west. The land to the
south has been recently built-out with a mix of residential and commercial uses.
The proposal is to develop approximately 2,000 townhouse/apartment units and a 0.859 ha commercial
block.
The Dundas Trafalgar Inc. lands are designated within the Town of Oakville’s Official Plan (February
2008) as an urban residential area and are proposed to be developed and marketed as part of the
Trafalgar Urban Core Area.
2.2 Road System
The internal road system currently shows a modified layout from that contained in the North Oakville East
Secondary Plan resulting in a discontinuous north-south avenue/transit corridor through the development.
A proposed realignment within Phase 2 has converted Street ‘A’ into two roads north (Street ‘D’) and
south (Street ‘A’) of Street ‘C’. Street ‘C’ intersects Street ‘D’ and Street ‘A’ approximately 90 metres and
315 metres east of Trafalgar respectively.
The subdivision has one connection to Dundas Street through the subdivision to the south, identified as
Street ‘A’. Street ‘A’ is a north-south Avenue/Transit Corridor, opposite Postridge Drive, that extends from
Dundas Street to Street ‘C’.
The subdivision has two connections to Trafalgar Road through the subdivision to the west, identified as
Street ‘B’ and Street ‘C’. Streets ‘B’ and ‘C’ are both east-west roads that extend from Trafalgar Road to
the subdivision’s east boundary, they are classified as an Avenue/Transit Corridor and a
Connector/Transit Corridor respectively. In the future, both transit corridors will extend through the entire
North Oakville Secondary Plan.
The subdivision has one connection through the subdivision to the north, identified as Street ‘D’. Street ‘D’
is a north-south Avenue/Transit Corridor that extends from Street ‘C’ to the subdivision’s north boundary.
In the future, this transit corridor will extend through future development to the north and intersect with
Burnhamthorpe Road and the New North Oakville Transportation Corridor.
Access to the Dundas Street and Trafalgar Road Urban Core blocks will be provided by internal local
roads.
FIGURE 2PRELIMINARY DRAFT PLAN
NOT TO SCALE
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3 Transit Streets 3.1 North Oakville East Transit Plan
The North Oakville East Transportation Plan has identified the transit routes that are intended to serve the
new development north of Dundas Street. Within the Dundas Trafalgar Inc. lands the transit routes
include the Postridge Drive extension (Street ‘A’) and Street ‘D’ in the north-south direction and Streets ‘B’
and ‘C’ in the east-west direction. Street ‘A’ intersects Street ‘B’ and Street ‘C’ approximately 315 metres
and 620 metres north of Dundas Street respectively. Street ‘C’ intersects Street ‘D’ approximately 90
metres east of Trafalgar Road. The North Oakville East Transportation Plan is appended.
Streets ‘A’ and ‘D’ are classified as Avenue / Transit Corridors and proposed to provide community (local)
service. The right-of-way width is 22 metres with a pavement width of 12.5 metres. This leaves 4.75
metres for boulevard on each side. Transit stop facilities will be located in the boulevards.
Street ‘C’ is classified as a Connector / Transit Corridor and is also proposed to provide community (local)
service. The right-of-way width is 19 metres with a pavement width of 9.5 metres. This leaves 4.75 metres
for boulevard on each side. Transit stop facilities will be located in the boulevards.
Local services provide the highest degree of local access at the neighbourhood level. Some routes will be
very similar to many of the existing local routes, operating at similar levels of service. These routes
provide direct access to lower demand and existing areas, and operate on the network of arterial, avenue
and connector roads. Transit riders will use these routes to access local destinations, such as schools or
shopping, and as connections to the corridor routes for longer trips.
Street ‘B’ is classified as an Avenue / Transit Corridor and proposed to provide secondary transit corridor
service. The right-of-way width is 22 metres with a pavement width of 12.5 metres. This leaves 4.75
metres for boulevard on each side. Transit stop facilities will be located in the boulevards.
Secondary transit corridors provide high level of service, operate on the grid network of streets and
provide cross-boundary connections.
Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street are classified as Major Arterial / Transit Corridors and proposed to
provide bus-way corridor service. The mid-block right-of-way width is 50 metres with a pavement width of
28.4 metres; two travel lanes, one bus only lane and a parking lane in each direction. The boulevard
width on each side varies. Transit stop facilities will be located in the boulevards.
All units in the subdivision are located less than 150 metres from one of the Transit Corridors which
define the planned transit service routes. Samples of the North Oakville roadway cross-sections are
appended.
3.2 Existing Transit Routes
Oakville Transit
Oakville Transit operates one transit route in close proximity to the site with a bus stop located 45 metres
north of English Rose Lane on Postridge Drive.
Route #20 (Northridge) provides north-south through Oakville’s Trafalgar neighbourhood with 30-minute
frequency during the weekday peak hours, and 60-minute frequency during the weekend peak hours. The
route provides service to/from the Oakville GO Station to the Uptown Core Bus Terminal.
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GO Transit
GO Transit operates two routes along Trafalgar Road with a stop at the Dundas Street intersection, within
400 metres of the planned Street ‘A’ intersection at Dundas Street.
Route #20 (Milton/Oakville) provides north-south service along Trafalgar Road with one-way 60-minute
frequency during the weekday a.m. peak hours from the Milton GO Station to the Oakville GO Station.
During the weekday p.m. peak hours, one-way 60-minute frequency is provided from the Oakville GO
Station to the Milton GO Station. There is no scheduled weekend bus service for this route.
Route #46 (407 West) provides east-west via Trafalgar Road with 30-minute frequency during the
weekday peak hours. The route provides service to/from the Oakville GO Station to York University.
There is no scheduled weekend bus service for this route.
3.3 Dundas Street Bus Rapid Transit
Halton Region with the City of Burlington and the Town of Oakville is carrying out a study to consider Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT) within the Burlington and Oakville along Dundas Street and Trafalgar Road. The
study provides an opportunity to develop improvements along both major arterials and other transit
supportive corridors so that people living or working in Halton Region have a better alternative to
automotive travel.
The proposed infrastructure improvements will provide exclusive transit lanes on Dundas Street from
Brant Street to Trafalgar Road, and on Trafalgar Road from the Oakville GO Station to the Oakville
Highway 407 carpool lot. Curb BRT is preferred over Median BRT as it would provide slightly better BRT
travel time and better integration with local transit services.
The Trafalgar BRT Corridor study identifies potential far-side curb BRT stations at Street ‘B’ on each side
of Trafalgar Road.
The Dundas BRT Corridor study identifies the closest potential BRT station at the Uptown Core Bus
Terminal.
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4 Transit stops
Bus stop type
Based on the warrants for bus stop levels of amenities such as; boarding volumes, transfer locations,
land use activity type, type of road and wait time. Stop types A-Sheltered Info, C-Comfort and D-Basic
transit stops are warranted for this area.
A Type D-Basic bus stop should provide the following standard amenities:
Sign and post
Route designation
Route schedules
Route map(s)
Shelter pads
A Type C-Comfort bus stop should provide the same as a Type D-Basic plus a bench.
A Type A-Sheltered Info bus stop should provide the same as a Type C-Comfort plus a shelter, lighting
and power pedestal.
The physical space requirement for Types D, C and A are 3.25, 4.00 and 4.75 metres, respectively, from
the front of curb, including the sidewalk, which can be accommodated within the 4.75 metre boulevard
that is available on the roads. No additional property is required to provide the described bus stops.
Recommended bus stop type exhibits are appended.
Streets ‘A’ & ‘D’
The street distance between Dundas Street and the north limit of the subdivision is approximately 1200
metres. This transit corridor would provide community service with connections to primary and secondary
transit corridors with 15-30 minute service frequency.
North-south transit stops along Street ‘A’ would be located at Dundas Street, Street ‘B’, Street ‘C’ and
mid-block approximately 150 metres north of Dundas Street.
North-south transit stops along Street ‘D’ would be located at Street ‘C’ and approximately 80 metres
south of the subdivision’s north property limit at a local road ‘T’-intersection.
Street ‘C’
The street distance between Trafalgar Road and the east limit of the subdivision is approximately 390
metres. This transit corridor would provide community service with connections to primary and secondary
transit corridors with 15-30 minute service frequency.
East-west transit stops along Street ‘C’ would be located at Trafalgar Road, Street ‘C’ and Street ‘D’.
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Street ‘B’
The street distance between Trafalgar Road and the east limit of the subdivision is approximately 390
metres. This transit corridor would provide secondary transit corridor service with connection to primary
transit corridors and community (local) service with 10-15 minute service frequency.
East-west transit stops along Street ‘C’ would be located at Trafalgar Road, Street ‘A’ and approximately
170 metres east of Trafalgar Road at a local road ‘T’-intersection.
Figure 3 shows the Functional Servicing Plan - Transit Stop Locations when full transit service is
provided along the transit corridor roads. Spacing of transit stops ranges from 110 metres to 250 metres.
Stop D Mid-Block
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FIGURE 3FUNCTIONAL SERVICING PLAN
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5 Conclusions
The transit facilities plan has evaluated conditions for the Dundas Trafalgar Inc. lands. The long term
transit plan utilizes two Avenue/Transit Corridors in the north-south and east-west directions and a
Connector/Transit Corridor in the east-west direction. These roads will form part of the continuous routes
between Neyagawa Boulevard and White Oaks Golf Club (east-west), and between Dundas Street and
the New North Oakville Transportation Corridor (north-south).
The Dundas Trafalgar Inc. development is located adjacent to Dundas Street to the south, Trafalgar Road
to the west and the Shield Bay subdivision to the east. This is consistent with the phasing objective of
avoiding creation of lengthy transit routes with limited market.
The number of residential units is 1,990, made up of a variety of dwelling types. All units are located less
than 400 metres from one of the Transit Corridors which define the planned transit service routes. The
proposed bus stops will be implemented at the maximum spacing of 250 metres along the transit routes.
Based on the warrants for bus stop levels of amenities, Type A-Sheltered Info. Type C-Comfort and
Type D-Basic stops are warranted for the area. Spacing of transit stops in ranges from 110 metres to
250 metres.
Postridge Drive extension (Street ‘A’) and Street ‘B’ will be constructed prior to any occupancy in the
subdivision. This will allow introductory transit service to be started whenever deemed appropriate.
The actual route of initial transit service will be governed by the overall system services in operation at the
time and practical integration of the new route.
Appendix A
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Exhibit 15 ~ Stop A, Sheltered Info Stop
Page 24 2009-08-14 Town of Oakville
Exhibit 17 ~ Stop C, Comfort
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Exhibit 18 ~ Stop D, Basic
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