Light Rail Transit in Ottawa

January 30, 2020

Michael MorganDirector, Rail Construction ProgramCity of Ottawa

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Agenda

• Background

• Stage 1 Project

• Stage 2 Project

Ottawa’s Transit Challenge

BRT to LRT Conversion

Stage 1 Project

Confederation Line Alignment

Project Overview

Stage 1 Confederation Line

• Conversion of the existing bus “Transitway” to a 12.5km dedicated light rail transit line running

• 2.5km tunnel through the downtown core

• 13 stations including 3 downtown underground stations

• A new Maintenance and Storage Facility where the light rail vehicles will be assembled, maintained and stored

• 30 year maintenance concession period

Procurement Approach

Affordability Cap

Project Solutions

Defined Service Proven Vehicle

and System

RFP Innovations

Geotechnical risk ladder

Operations Matters

Energy Matters

Mobility Matters

Bundled Hwy 417 Expansion

Project

Flexibility in construction &

tunnel excavation

methodology

Provided station “innovation

zones”

Bundled cash allowance projects

Rideau Transit Group (RTG)

• Design Build Finance Maintain

• Owned and operated by the City of Ottawa

• $2.1B project including $300M in private financing

• 30-year maintenance term with performance incentives

• Rideau Transit Group (RTG):

Design Challenges

• System had to be designed to allow for long term capacity needs: 18,000 pphpd by 2031; Ultimate ridership 24,000 pphpd.

• System had to designed to be fully accessible, include public art, address the need of stakeholders and include cycling/pedestrian connections.

• Design consideration had to be made for the Rideau Canal and other major infrastructure throughout the alignment (sewers, existing road and transit network, etc.), and integrated station entrances in the down tunnel area.

Construction Challenges

• Coordinating Confederation Line project works (stations, guideway, MSF, vehicles, etc.) with:

• Highway 417 expansion works;

• OC Transpo transitway shutdown and bus detours;

• Bundled civil projects (Queen Street renewal, Booth Street bridge, etc.); and,

• Other City infrastructure projects (Rideau Street renewal, Ottawa Art Gallery construction, etc.).

• Minimizing impacts to transit customers, property owners, commuters, and residents.

Construction: Rideau Station

Construction: uOttawa Station

Construction: Hurdman Station

• The method of tunneling used was sequential excavation with three road header machines (named Chewrocka, Jawbreaker and Crocodile Rouge).

• Excavation work started in Fall 2013 and was completed in Winter 2017.

• Surface excavation was required for the tunnel ventilation shafts and station entrances at the Lyon west, Parliament west and east & Rideau west entrances.

• Surface excavation was performed at the east and west portals on sections of the closed BRT, the Central Shaft (Queen & Kent), and station entrances at Lyon east and Rideau east.

Tunneling

Tunneling (cont’d)

Tunneling (cont’d)

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• Bicycle parking• Bicycle stairway runnels• Customer information points• Ticket machines• Fare gates• Fare-paid zones• Audible & visual

announcements• Public washrooms at major

transfer stations • Spacious & secure platforms• Transecure areas

• Heated waiting areas• Video camera monitoring• Escalators• Network maps• Emergency telephones• Clear signage & wayfinding• Lantern boxes• Public art• Accessibility features

including: two elevators, tactile wayfinding tiles & platform edge indicator strips

Station Amenities

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Public Art

• The Confederation Line stations include both integrated and non-integrated public art.

• Station themes were approved by Council in 2011, and included:o uOttawa – “Innovation”o Rideau – “Gallery”o Parliament – “Confederation”o Lyon – “Bytown”o Pimisi – “Algonquin”o Bayview – “Sustainability”

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Public Art (cont’d)

• The Confederation Line stations include both integrated and non-integrated public art.

• Station themes were approved by Council in 2011, and included themes of innovation, sustainability, confederation, and most notably Algonquin culture and heritage.

• The public art and artists was chosen in line with the City’s public art procurement process, which includes a call to artists through a request for qualification process, and two jury selection processes to shortlist and select the final artist(s) for each station.

Public Art: Tunney’s Pasture Station

Public Art: Pimisi Station

Public Art: Pimisi Station (cont’d)

Public Art: Lyon Station

Public Art: Parliament Station

Public Art: Rideau Station

Public Art: Lees Station

Public Art: Lees Station (cont’d)

Public Art: Hurdman Station

Public Art: St-Laurent Station

Stage 1 Benefits

• Capacity to move 10,700 passengers per hour in each direction on day-one of revenue service;

• Potential to grow to over 18,000 passengers per hour in each direction by 2031;

• Travel time between Tunney’s Pasture Station and Blair Station will be less than 25 minutes, any time of the day;

Alstom Citadis Spirit

Stage 1 Benefits (cont’d)

• Replacing bus and car trips with the electric Alstom Citadis Spirit trains will reduce carbon dioxide by approximately 94,000 tonnes per year by 2031; and,

• The investment in LRT has generated thousands of direct and indirect jobs, and will provide a total economic output of approximately $3.2 billion.

Stage 1 Lessons Learned

The major lessons learned and best practices from Stage 1 include:

• Placing a concerted focus on preliminary engineering to create reference concepts project designs from the outset of procurement planning;

• Early operator involvement in procurement and design;

• Strengthened penalty regime;

• Earned value payment mechanism instead of milestone payments;

Stage 1 Lessons Learned (cont’d)

• Incorporating City projects into the project to benefit from full risk transfer, cost and schedule certainty of the P3 contract;

• Expanding Mobility Matters requirements to include pedestrians and cyclists, and a lane rental system to minimize the impacts on the City;

• Importance of stress testing bus loops at major transfer stations; and,

• Importance and value of a full transformational project office to prepare the transit system for multi-modal operations (Multi Modal Transportation Project Office).

Stage 2 Project

Stage 2 Rail Network

Procurement Model

Confederation Line East and West Extensions

Design-Build-Finance (DBF) Rideau Transit Group Stage 2 MOU

• Confederation Line East Extension• Confederation Line West Extension

• 38 Vehicles• Belfast Yard MSF expansion• Civil, vehicle maintenance

and lifecycle for Stage 1 and 2

Trillium Line Extensions

Design-Build-Finance-Maintain (DBFM)

• Trillium Line Extension, including Airport Link• Upgrade existing Trillium Line• Maintain existing and expanded Trillium Line

Stage 2: Confederation Line

Design Build Finance (DBF) Procurement:

• 12 km of track Blair Station Trim Road Station

• 15 km of track to Moodie and Baseline Stations

• 2.5 km cut and cover tunnel through Byron Linear Park

• Sixteen (16) passenger light rail stations

• Light maintenance and storage facility

Montreal Station

Orleans Station

Trim Station

Lincoln Fields Station

Iris Station

Westboro Station

Confederation Line East Schedule

Confederation Line West Schedule

Stage 2: Trillium Line

Design Build Finance Maintain (DBFM) Procurement:

• 16 km of new track and eight new stations

• Rail link from South Keys to E&Y Centre and Airport Station

• Seven (7) Stadler FLIRT vehicles added to fleet of vehicles

• Purpose built Walkley Storage & Maintenance Facility

• Extensive safety and reliability enhancements

Walkley Yard

Gladstone Station

Bowesville Station

Airport Station

Trillium Line Schedule

Alstom LINT

Stage 2: Trillium Line

Mainline service vehicles

Airport Link service vehicles

Vehicle Total

Stadler Flirt (new) 7

Alstom Lint (existing) 6

Stadler FLIRT

Stadler Vehicle

The Stage 2 O-Train South vehicle contract included a number of requirements for the new Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) vehicles, including, but not limited to:

• Tier IV Final Emissions Standards (latest EPA standard);

• Increased door count for efficient passenger flow as compared to the previous and existing vehicles;

• Operating range of -40C to +40C degrees; and,

• 35 year lifespan with conversion to electric possible.

Stage 2 Benefits

Stage will result in the removal of approximately 14,000 cars off the road during rush hour

Stage 2 will bring over 77% of residents within 5kms of rail transit

Encourage active transportation through the creation of approximately 25 kilometres of multi-use pathways (MUPs), cycle-tracks and pedestrian bridges

Replace more than 900,000 bus trips annually during the peak periods.

Stage 2 Summary

Questions?