Montrose Avenue Transit Exchange
Planning is underway for a new transit exchange on Montrose Avenue between McDougall Avenue and South Fraser Way. The need for a transit exchange in this location was identified in the City's Transportation and Transit Master Plan and in the BC Transit Future Action Plan to support the future transit network, accommodate the increase in service levels, and improve the customer experience.
There is an opportunity to partner with senior levels of government on this project and there are many attributes to building a new exchange that the City would like to get public input and feedback on. Exchange features under consideration at this conceptual stage are:
- new shelters and benches
- new universally accessible wide sidewalks
- electric vehicle charging stations
- bicycle lockers
- undergrounding of the overhead utilities
- improved lighting
- security cameras
- WiFi hotspots
- keeping of the mature trees and adding new landscaping
- new crosswalks and wayfinding signage
Thank you to those who participated.
This portion of the public engagement is now closed and staff will be reviewing the received comments/feedback. Any further questions or comments may be directly sent to Mike Kelly.
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View All Ideas2 months ago
Electric Vehicle charging stations
about 2 months ago
Definitely leave the old trees and incorporate them in a design similar to the image I submitted. Also for ridership quality look at RTPI.
2 months ago
Some sort of LRT / Skytrain that runs from East to west Abbotsford Stopping at all the major points along the way.
Having an sky train or light rail system that goes from the Sumas area (down to Costco) / Whatcom road area (to Castle fun park area) and has stops at the major points along the way would be amazing and super helpful to get people out of cars and moving across Abbotsford quickly and efficiently. we should be looking at some way to connect Whatcom / Sumas / Old Downtown / New Down Town / Peardonville / HighStreet areas that does not require a Bus or other road based transit system. Planning on space for something that connects these hubs would be excellent for moving through the city efficiently allowing local and tourists to park on the edges of Abbotsford and commute via transit into the core and across Abbotsford.
2 months ago
The mature trees
Please don't cut down any of the mature trees. Replacing them with young ones is a nice idea but the air quality correction of older trees far outweighs a handful of young ones.
2 months ago
Separated bike lanes from people and traffic. The drawing shows cyclists and pedestrians mixing on a sidewalk. Not an 8-80 design standard
