The City of Vaughan has chosen to pursue an update of its Vaughan Transportation Plan (VTP) to keep up with the rapidly growing community and provide an infrastructure network that can support an efficient and sustainable future through innovative, accessible, and functional solutions. HDR, the lead consultant for the VTP, retained SCJ Alliance to conduct a study for opportunities and concept assessment of a potential cable-propelled transit (CPT) system as part of the larger transportation network for the City of Vaughan.
SCJ studied to potential and benefits of using an aerial gondola connection from the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Subway Station, which connects to the larger Ontario transit network, to three primary destination points with the city of Vaughan: Vaughan Mills, Canada’s Wonderland, and the state-of-the-art Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital. The technical work included analyzing the context and surrounding land uses, studying conceptual alignment alternatives with potential alignment variations, identifying the most suitable technology choice, and preparing preliminary CAPEX and OPEX calculations.