FROM HIGHWAYS TO BOULEVARDS: STREET TRANSFORMATIONS FOR PUBLIC LIFE BONAVENTURE PROJECT By Simon Pouliot, Urban designer - City of Montreal Designing Cities 2018: Los Angeles / NACTO October 3 rd, 2018
PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. CONTEXT 2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY 3. PUBLIC SPACE 4. RESULTS
1. CONTEXT MONTREAL METROPOLITAN REGION Population: 4.1 Million North Shore DOWNTOWN AREA Population: 90,000 Daily commuters: 580,000 Laval Montreal Downtown area St. Lawrence River South Shore
1. CONTEXT MONTREAL METROPOLITAN REGION Population: 4.1 Million North Shore DOWNTOWN AREA Population: 90,000 Daily commuters: 580,000 Laval Montreal Downtown area CBD St. Lawrence River South Shore
1. CONTEXT 1966-1967 CONSTRUCTION OF THE BONAVENTURE EXPRESSWAY CBD Bonaventure Expressway St. Lawrence River Champlain Bridge South Shore
1. CONTEXT 1990s - 2000s INFRASTRUCTURE INCOMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS Griffintown CBD Faubourg des Récollets Bonaventure Expressway Champlain Bridge South Shore Project limits
1. CONTEXT CBD 1990s - 2000s INFRASTRUCTURE INCOMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS Faubourg des Récollets Griffintown
1. CONTEXT 2008 POLITICAL DECISION TO DEMOLISH THE MUNICIPAL SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY CBD Bonaventure Expressway St. Lawrence River Champlain Bridge South Shore Municipal section Provincial section Federal section
1. CONTEXT OBJECTIVES Create a prestigious, functional and userfriendly gateway to downtown Mesh together adjacent neighborhoods Support urban development 2017
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY 2008 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC 3 EXPRESSWAY LANES + 3 STREET LANES TOWARD DOWNTOWN 3 EXPRESSWAY LANES + 3 STREET LANES TOWARD THE SOUTH SHORE AM PEAK HOUR: 4,000 VEHICLES PM PEAK HOUR: 4,800 VEHICLES
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY 2018 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC 3 STREET LANES TOWARD DOWNTOWN + ONE DEDICATED BUS LANE 4 STREET LANES TOWARD THE SOUTH SHORE + ONE DEDICATED BUS LANE 4 +1 3 +1 1,900 BUSES/DAY
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY 2018 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC 3 STREET LANES TOWARD DOWNTOWN + ONE DEDICATED BUS LANE 4 STREET LANES TOWARD THE SOUTH SHORE + ONE DEDICATED BUS LANE 45% DECREASE DURING AM PEAK HOUR 35% DECREASE DURING PM PEAK HOUR 4 +1 3 +1 AM PEAK HOUR: 2,200 VEHICLES PM PEAK HOUR: 3,100 VEHICLES 1,900 BUSES/DAY
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY Autoroute 720 IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS) QUEUE DETECTION IN THE OFF-RAMP 11 INFRARED DETECTION CAMERAS 5 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS) DYNAMIC TRAFFIC LIGHT MANAGEMENT 30 DETECTORS 9 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY BICYCLE TRAFFIC PRE-EXISTING BICYCLE LINKS NEW LOCAL BICYCLE LINKS 1 MILE OF NEW BICYCLE LINKS
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY 2011 PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SIDEWALKS RANGING IN WIDTH (from 5ft to 10ft)
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY 2017 PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LANDSCAPED SIDEWALKS 20ft WIDE MORE THAN 1,000 PEDESTRIANS/HOUR DURING PEAK MORNING AND EVENING HOURS
3. PUBLIC SPACE
3. PUBLIC SPACE 2011 PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES 5 minute walk radius 10 minute walk radius
3. PUBLIC SPACE 2017 PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES 5 minute walk radius ADDITION 6 ACRES OF NEW PUBLIC SPACE EQUIVALENT TO 5 FOOTBALL FIELDS 10 minute walk radius
3. PUBLIC SPACE COMPARABLE PARKS Grand Park, Los Angeles David Crombie Park, Toronto Bonaventure Project Montreal Sara D. Roosevelt Park, New York Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston 12 acres 4 acres 6 acres 8 acres 17 acres 1 acre
3. PUBLIC SPACE 2011 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
3. PUBLIC SPACE 2011 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION Motor vehicles (60%) Residual space (30%) Active transportation (10%)
3. PUBLIC SPACE 2017 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION Active transportation (65%) Private motor vehicles (25%) Public transit (10%)
3. PUBLIC SPACE MONUMENTAL PUBLIC ART CONCEPTUAL SCHEME SEQUENCE OF POINTS OF INTEREST TOPOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS GREENING OPERATION HISTORIC FABRIC
3. PUBLIC SPACE THRESHOLDS
3. PUBLIC SPACE SOUTHERN THRESHOLD Source - Jaume Plensa
3. PUBLIC SPACE NORTHERN THRESHOLD Dendrites - Michel de Broin
3. PUBLIC SPACE THRESHOLDS CENTRAL AXIS
3. PUBLIC SPACE POINTS OF INTEREST 1 2 3 5 6 4 3 2 4 5 6 1
4. RESULTS
4. RESULTS MARCH 2014 JULY 2016 AUGUST 2016 JANUARY 2017 SEPTEMBER 2017 Unveiling: September 6 th, 2017 Completed within the set budget of CAN$ 141.7 M
4. RESULTS 2015-2016 DEMOLITION OF THE HIGHWAY DEMOLITION OF MORE THAN HALF A MILE OF ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY 47,000 TONS OF CRUSHED CONCRETE ON-SITE 95% REUSED ON-SITE AS FILL MORE THAN CAN$ 450,000 IN SAVINGS
4. RESULTS 2017 COMPLETION OF THE PUBLIC SPACE 6 ACRES OF NEW PUBLIC SPACE 300 NEW TREES 30,000 SHRUBS AND PERENNIALS
4. RESULTS 2011-2018 DYNAMIC REAL-ESTATE SECTOR BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 2011 AND 2017 BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED TOTAL OF CAN$ 2.14 BILLION IN INVESTMENTS SINCE 2011
4. RESULTS BEFORE 2011 AFTER 2017
4. RESULTS BEFORE 2011 AFTER 2017
4. RESULTS BEFORE 2011 AFTER 2017
SITES CERTIFICATION GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION INC. (GBCI) SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION AWARD TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (TAC) GRAND PRIX D EXCELLENCE EN TRANSPORT 2018 «INFRASTRUCTURES» ASSOCIATION QUÉBÉCOISE DES TRANSPORTS (AQTr) AWARDS FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE 2018 «URBAN DESIGN» CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS (CIP) PRIX ÉLIXIR 2017 PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI) MONTRÉAL PROJETBONAVENTURE.CA
2017 NEW OWNERSHIP: FROM PRIVATE RAILWAY COMPANY TO PUBLICLY OWNED METROPOLITAIN TRANSIT PROJECT
2011 2017
PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 Construction of civil infrastructure (combined sewers, sanitary sewers, water pipes and urban public utilities) Construction of the ramps and the boulevard Public space construction 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC 3 STREET LANES TOWARD DOWNTOWN + ONE DEDICATED BUS LANE 4 STREET LANES TOWARD THE SOUTH SHORE + ONE DEDICATED BUS LANE 4 +1 3 +1 AM PEAK HOUR: 4,000 VEHICLES PM PEAK HOUR: 4,800 VEHICLES
2. TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY PUBLIC TRANSIT DEDICATED BUS LANE TOWARD DOWNTOWN DEDICATED BUS LANE TOWARD THE SOUTH SHORE 1,900 BUSES/DAY
PUBLIC TRANSIT DEDICATED BUS LANE TOWARD DOWNTOWN
2017 SPACE STRUCTURE Sidewalks and streets Centre blocks (138ft) Sidewalk (20ft) rue Nazareth (56ft) Sidewalk (16ft) Arboretum (39ft) Central axis (26ft) Lawn area (39ft) Sidewalk (16ft) rue Duke (46ft) Sidewalk (19ft)
REPLACEMENT OF ALL UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE WATER PIPES: 1.36 MILE SEWERS: 1.55 MILE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONDUITS: 1.55 MILE NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE NEW GAS AND HEATING PIPES
SOIL REHABILITATION DECONTAMINATION OF 35,000 TONS OF SOIL