UBC Chancellor Boulevard & East Mall Intersection Redesign ...

• Main Authors: Braun, Joseph, He, Mengyizhe, Jahanbakhsh, Reza, Jain, Amit, Shahmoradi, Parinaz, Zhu, Lin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The University of British Columbia 2017
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0343076; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0343076

This report outlines the detailed redesign of the intersection at Chancellor Boulevard and East Mall, at the University of British Columbia. The current intersection does not promote safety, user friendliness, nor does it meet the future anticipated traffic demand of the growing UBC campus. The new intersection design aims at mitigating these issues by placing a roundabout at the intersection. Meanwhile, at the southeast corner of the intersection, a pedestrian lookout platform was designed and detailed within the report. The report begins with discussing the project background information and overarching objectives. It then examines the technical standards governing the design, the software programs used, and the final detailed parameters of the design components. Lastly, the report concludes by presenting the refined cost estimates, construction schedule, work sequence, and additional environmental, stormwater, and First Nations considerations. The new roundabout shall replace the current two-way ...