Castleglenn’s roadway designs include grading, horizontal and vertical curve geometry, cross-section and pavement structure, storm water management, intersections, signing and striping elements.
Specifically for institutions and quarries (or other developments that need to accommodate emergency and/or heavy vehicles), Castleglenn focuses on its designs for emergency and/or heavy vehicles: grading, adequate horizontal and vertical curves to accommodate vehicle turning movements, cross-sections and pavement structures able to sustain heavy loads, intersections, roadway restrictions (if applicable), heavy vehicle routes, ramps and signing. The design features would allow for optimal operational practice and vehicle safety.
Frequent and efficient transit systems help reduce traffic congestion on local roadways and provide an alternative mode of transportation for commuters. Transit system planning includes forecast ridership, determining infrastructure requirements and evaluation of existing facilities.
Greenhouse gas emission modeling can be analyzed based upon traffic volumes, heavy vehicle volumes and traffic operations. Castleglenn evaluates quantities of fuel consumption, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds and can compare these emissions for various transportation network options.
Identifying critical issues with emergency and heavy vehicle turning movements, parking, delivery areas and pedestrian walkways or crossing concerns.
Specifically for quarries, heavy vehicle forecasting and generation is highly dependent upon the production rate of quarries. Castleglenn’s forecasting involve: data collection and the development of traffic demand models for existing and future quarry operations.
Planning and design for heavy vehicles includes: ensuring adequate turning movements, accessible parking, access spacing and design, sufficient roadway slopes and an in-depth understanding of speed profiles.
Transportation solutions often involve a municipal approvals process ranging from simple private access permits to more significant public roadway modification permits involving the preparation of conceptual plans, preliminary cost estimates, timelines and descriptions of impacts.
Parking provisions range from surface parking lots serving large venue entertainment complexes (such as the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa and the Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston) to multi-level structures incorporating loading/unloading docking areas (serving hospitals and major retail establishments). Parking provisions are determined in terms of design, layout, inventory utilization, time restrictions, revenue forecasts, in addition to identification of community impacts and related traffic infrastructure.
Castleglenn’s studies have often been prepared keeping in mind the possibility that they can be submitted as evidence at either an expropriation hearing, Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) or similar evidentiary hearings.