Example
1
This plan detail from Team One shows the light rail alignment
along the centre of Lougheed Highway. The primary station
straddles the intersection at Willingdon Avenue and Lougheed
Highway in close proximity to a concentration of community
facilities and major transfer points. Rather than having a
single station serve both directions, this team proposed putting
stops on either side of the Willingdon Avenue intersection.
In this way, the width needed to accommodate passenger loading
and unloading is lessened to the point at which each stop
is essentially a strip of elevated sidewalk, where passengers
cue up for boarding at one end of the stop and disembark at
the other. This team surmized that staggering the stops, as
opposed to building a double-sided station, would result in
a more efficient use of the right-of-way and a better environment
for pedestrian crossings. As this and the perspective drawing
below show, the other side of each transit stop accommodates
a left turn lane, which is separated from through-traffic
by a landscaped boulevard. 
Example 2
The perspective drawing above illustrates Team One�s
concept for the primary transit stop at Willingdon Avenue
and Lougheed Highway. The right-of-way includes the following
elements from left to right: a pedestrian sidewalk; a curb
lane of traffic that doubles as a parking lane during non-peak
hours; two lanes of westbound traffic; a landscaped boulevard;
a turning lane; a surface light rail and narrow loading platform;
a landscaped boulevard; two lanes of eastbound traffic; a
parking lane; and a sidewalk. High-density development along
the Lougheed corridor features shops, offices, a hotel, community
facilities, and residential towers.
