Transit & Rail

We live in a world characterized by a continuing trend towards urbanization. As populations increase so does the demand for mobility. Traffic congestion, and all its implications, force us to seek creative solutions to our transportation needs. The challenge is to create cities with balanced transportation systems that are both environmentally and economically sound. LEA has helped to make that happen, and a continuing priority of the firm is its contribution to safe, available and efficient public transit.

LEA offers the following transit planning:

• Demand analysis
• Route selection
• Technology assessment
• System evaluation
• Environmental impact
• Economic and feasibility analysis

LEA offers the following design services:

• Transitways, guideways and terminals
• Maintenance facilities
• Interchange facilities

LEA offers the following operations analysis:

• Operations and system design
• Cost Analysis
• Service Improvements
• Direct operations support
• Transit priority measures

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Vaughan Intermodal Terminal Phase II • LEA provided planning, detailed design, approvals coordination, tendering and construction administration related to a $ 17 million expansion of this major GTA intermodal facility. All work from concept to commissioning was completed within 9 months. Cost savings achieved during construction enabled the client to expand the scope of work within the approved budget. Additions to the project included modifications to the existing entrance roadway and construction of a 600 m equipment maintenance centre.
SmartRide LRT • Highway congestion and insufficient or inconvenient transit options make travelling increasingly more time consuming, frustrating and dangerous. LEA Conulting Ltd. is part of the SmartRide LRT consortium, a private sector group of leading Candian and international companies developing a solution to the gridlock problem in the GTA.
GO Transit Bus Terminal - Union Station • LEA were reatined by GO Transit to provide preliminary and detailed desing for a new bus terminal to replace the existing CP Express Building that extends between Bay and Yonge Streets south of Front Street adjacent to Union Station, Toronto.
Queens Quay-Bathurst Streetcar Extension • LEA was retained by direct assignment by the City of Toronto to provide detailed engineering design services and contract document preparation for the road widening and streetscaping of Queens Quay, from Portland Street to Bathurst Street, and on Bathurst Street from Queens Quay to the Gardiner Expressway, including intersection improvements.
Allen Station, Eglinton West Subway • Allen station is the eastern terminal of the Eglinton West Subway providing transfer to the Spadina Subway as well as surface street buses. The station was to be part of a Rapid Transit Expansion Program funded by the Province of Ontario, Metropolitan Toronto, and the Toronto Transit Commission.
West Toronto Mainline Connection • LEA was retained by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in November 1997 to investigate the feasibility and approval requirements of constructing a rail connection between their MacTier and Galt/West Toronto Subdivisions in the City of Toronto. The two lines cross in the area known as the Toronto Junction, which also contains rail lines belonging to CN Rail, VIA Rail and GO Transit.