Vancouver, BC

In collaboration with the City and other consultant teams, VIA has worked on the planning/design of an urban streetcar for over ten years. Our work has sought to integrate the line's potential for land use development and transportation to serve commuters, recreation needs, and business planning to open-up new tourist opportunities.

VIA's scope has included alignment planning, station locations, economic feasibility and project phasing. Initial phases of the streetcar connect the tourist centres of Vancouver-Granville Island, Gastown, Chinatown, Canada Place and Stanley Park, as well as 30,000 new dwelling units that ring False Creek.

We are now providing urban design and public realm input for the current phase of alignment engineering, including Olympic Village Demonstration Line, focusing on the elements that will make this project a key component of Vancouver's 'green' infrastructure.

VIA Architecture

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