This map shows movement patterns for transit users. Red are users going to the north-east part of campus (mostly Arts), blue is going to the south-west (mostly science) and purple is going to the Student Union Building. This is a simplification because there other directions, but the majority of users go in these two directions.
Last week I gave some user statistics from the Transportation Status Report. One of the numbers that I didn't include were estimations of how many people pass through the bus loop in the busiest hours on campus. In the hours ending at 9:00 and 10:00, nearly 4,500 people get off buses on campus. That's almost 9,000 students, staff and faculty in two hours, or a new person every 0.8 seconds. That's a lot of people.
I remember from my time on campus how crowded it could get around the bus loop in peak times. That's why I was a little surprised when I assembled the same kind of map for the University Boulevard project, from the slide on conceptual design issues .
The only access to the underground transit station is two escalators.
I started to try to calculate how long it would take to get out of the transit loop if there were only two escalators, but realised that this is against fire codes. There must be more exits that for some reason have not been included in the diagram.
Vancouver is not cold enough to require fully enclosed transit hub. Considering our bus shelters and Skytrain stations (note the architects) it seems enough to protect passengers from wind and rain. Even during especially cold periods, it rarely gets below -10 degrees celcius.
I'm very anxious to see the plans for the tranist hub from VIA architects and/or UBC Properties Trust. I hope they have information to fill in these blanks.
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