BURNABY MOUNTAIN LINK: TRANSFORMATIVE, SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT - UNIVERCITY
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Summer/Fall 2016
Aerial transit in Barcelona, Spain.
Burnaby Mountain Link: Transformative, Sustainable Transit
It would be faster, more comfortable, more million, with annual operating costs at $3.14 But using transit can be challenging. More
reliable and would more than pay for itself million. CH2M estimated a life-cycle, cost- than 12,600 daily transit riders funnel through a
compared to current transit service. It would benefit ratio of 3.6: meaning that the system single, overcrowded bus route; people pouring
cut automobile traffic and reduce Burnaby would deliver value three-and-a-half times its off the SkyTrain at Production Way must often
Mountain greenhouse gas emissions by more cost in the first 25 years. As SFU urban studies wait 20 minutes or longer for space on the #145.
than 7,000 tonnes a year – and it would free up professor Anthony Perl recently told SFU’s And given that those buses must climb more
diesel buses to provide 57,000 hours of annual student paper The Peak, the cost “might seem than 300 vertical metres, winter conditions
service in other parts of Metro Vancouver. a lot to students … but it’s a fraction of the cost interrupt or cancel service altogether as many as
of the Evergreen Line.” The Burnaby Mountain 10 days a year. By 2021 the total ridership could
“It” is an aerial link between Burnaby Mountain
Link, Perl said, “is a real value deal.” exceed the capacity of frequent bus service.
and the Production Way SkyTrain station.
As reported in Burnaby Now, SFU President Not surprisingly, the public supports the idea: A cable-propelled transit system would resolve
Andrew Petter recently told the Burnaby Board provided with environmental, reliability and all of these issues. Universally accessible
of Trade that university officials will be sharing cost-benefit information, 80% of Burnaby 35-person gondola cabins would take seven
the case for the gondola with all three levels of residents and 88% of student transit users minutes – less than half the 15+ minute bus trip
government over the coming months. favour the Burnaby Mountain Link as a on and off the mountain.
vital connection in the region’s transit and
This is great news for the Metro Vancouver SFU Community Trust CEO Gordon Harris
transportation network.
region and the residents of UniverCity—a third said recently that “the Burnaby Mountain
of whom rely on public transit. TransLink has Certainly, the service would be a boon to the Link would extend UniverCity’s international
been studying the potential for an aerial link 5,000 people already living in UniverCity, as well record for urban innovation and environmental
for more than five years, with positive results. as for students, faculty and staff at SFU; 56% of leadership.” This would be the first urban aerial
In a 2011 business case, updated this year, all commuters to and from Burnaby Mountain transit link in Canada, Harris said, calling it “a
engineering consultants CH2M estimated use transit (compared to 39% in Downtown transformative and sustainable transportation
capital costs of an all-electric system at $130 Vancouver and just 12% in the region overall). alternative.”
Celebrating Firsts
Elementary School Expansion Pursuing Passivhaus: Parcel 21
The University Highlands Elementary School, a community involvement. Teachers take
provincial first and one of the key community- advantage of opportunities in the UniverCity
building elements at UniverCity, is about to get community and on the SFU campus to help
even better. The B.C. provincial government students learn about their impact on the local
has recently approved an eight-classroom and global environment.
expansion that will increase the school’s
capacity to 450 children and will provide much- Expansion planning will begin soon, setting
needed before-and after-school care space. the stage for welcoming a new generation of
University Highlands students.
The $11.7-million University Highlands
Elementary opened its doors just over five years
ago, thanks to a building donation by SFU and
First sales transaction at the grand opening of the new BC investments of $8.8 million from the provincial
Liquor store on April 15th, 2016.
government and $2.9 million from the Burnaby
Welcome to the School District, SFU Community Trust, and the
City of Burnaby.
Community B.C.’s first LEED™ Gold school renovation Sketch for Passivhaus at Parcel 21. Cedar Woven Huts at the UniverCity Childcare Centre.
is now home to 227 students and features
BC Liquor Store
8992 University High Street
a curriculum focused on sustainability and University Highlands Elementary School.
Already acknowledged as an international innovator in providing market-based, green-building
solutions, SFU Community Trust is now pursuing Passivhaus, a building model that will meet the Centre in Bloom
Celebrate Life...Enjoy Responsibly most ambitious standards for low heat-energy consumption, high insulation, high-quality windows, On May 12th, SFU Community Trust Director
www.bcliquorstores.com/store/locator/239
604-298-3441 Province & SFU Endorse Central Energy Plant and fresh air ventilation. of Development Dale Mikkelsen was on
hand in Seattle to receive an award for Petal
The Passivhaus model has had significant success in Europe, where it is regularly delivered within
Visit http://univercity.ca/retail-services for a Certification from the International Living
traditional construction budgets. The Trust is pursuing Passivhaus on Parcel 21, in the form of an
full list of UniverCity shops and services. Future Institute (ILFI). The ILFI oversees
affordable 90-suite rental building that will provide increased access to a high quality, comfortable,
c.
healthy, and affordable living environment.
the Living Building Challenge (LBC), and
the UniverCity Childcare Centre is set to
Awards + Recognition The Trust has established a learning partnership with BCIT, whose architectural and construction become the first Living Building in Canada.
trades students will use the project for on-site learning, providing future designers and builders To be fully certified, a Living Building must
UniverCity has received more than 30 national
first-hand knowledge, experience, and changed expectations for the buildings of the future. Public achieve the most advanced measures of
and international awards in the past decade
consultation and design are already underway, and it is expected that Parcel 21 will be ready for sustainability in the built environment
including these:
occupancy by early 2019. possible today. The Childcare Centre must
American Planning Association: National meet a series of performance criteria
The Trust and the architectural lead – Local Practice – are documenting the evolution of the project in every challenge category, including
Excellence Award for Innovation in Green
on Facebook (PursuingPassivhausatUniverCity) and Instagram (pursuingpassivhaus_univercity). Site, Health + Happiness, Equity, Beauty,
Community Planning
Please follow along on our journey. Materials, Water and Energy. The Childcare
City of Burnaby Environment Award: Planning and Centre has now received all of its LBC petals
Development for the UniverCity Childcare Centre except Energy, which the Trust expects to
CMHC Best Practices in Affordable Housing UniverCity Neighbourhood Utility Service.
Evo Joins Car Share Fleet receive within the next twelve months. This
makes our childcare the most advanced LBC
Award for Verdant@UniverCity
SFU recently signed an agreement with construction wood waste). “The proposed UniverCity residents now have more building in Canada to date.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc. (Corix) to Central Energy Plant is another example of options for car share services with the
Sustainable Communities Award for Integrated expand the existing district energy utility for SFU Community Trust partnering with SFU and The UniverCity Childcare Centre opened
addition of Evo. They join MODO the Car
Neighbourhood Development a new Central Energy Plant that will provide industry leaders to help deliver low-carbon in 2012 and was the recipient of a Canada
Co-op and Zipcar as car share providers in
both UniverCity and SFU with low-carbon, sustainable homes and a high level of comfort Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant
Urban Development Institute: Award for the community. Parking stalls and electric
thermal energy. With $4.7 million from the and convenience at UniverCity,” said Dale totaling $216,000 in partnership with the
Excellence in Urban Development vehicle charging stations are currently SFU Faculty of Education. Deemed “the
Province of British Columbia and additional Mikkelsen, the Trust’s Director of Development. available in The Cornerstone building
support from BC Hydro, the partnership The proposed plant would reduce greenhouse greenest childcare centre on the planet” by
Urban Land Institute: Award for Excellence, with additional spaces planned for the the ILFI, the centre was built for 18% less
The Americas for Best Practice in Design, between SFU, SFU Community Trust and Corix gas (GHG) emissions by as much as 85%, and CentreBlock building when it opens later than a conventional childcare centre.
Architecture and Development will produce energy using locally sourced improve 24/7 service reliability to Burnaby this summer.
biomass that would otherwise be destined Mountain. Municipal and provincial regulatory For more information about the UniverCity
Visit http://univercity.ca/media/awards-
accolades for a full list of awards and for landfills (including urban wood waste, reviews will be underway this fall, and For more information, visit: http://univercity. Childcare Centre, visit: http://univercity.ca/
recognition that UniverCity has received. uncontaminated wood waste, and clean construction could begin early in 2018. ca/sustainability/transportation UniverCity residents now have three options for car share. the-community/childcare-education/
Transit by the Numbers
The Burnaby Moun-
1.6
million
tain Link would cut
travel time from 15
That’s how much travel time automobile users will hours to seven minutes,
saving 1.6 million
save by switching to the Burnaby Mountain Link,
hours annually.
reducing auto-operating costs by$4.5M and
collision costs by $3.4M.
500,000
hours
The Burnaby Mountain
3.6x
Link would eliminate
more than 57,000
hours of diesel bus
operations in the
7,000 Counting capital costs AND
annual operating expenses
tonnes
first year alone, of $3.14M, CH2M estimates a
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by lifecycle cost-benefit ratio of
7,000 tonnes annually and freeing 3.6: that means the Burnaby
up buses for elsewhere in the region. Mountain Link would deliver
value more than three-and-a-
half times its cost over the first Engineering consultants
25 years. CH2M estimate the
total capital cost to be
$130M.
12,600 Daily transit users depend on the over-
crowded #145 bus route, often having to wait
20 minutes for a ride.
SFU has 30,000 students, staff and faculty --
UniverCity is currently home to 5,000 residents
and will welcome nearly 5,000 more.
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