HDR|iTRANS has been hired to provide transit planning, transportation planning and design services for Bramalea Gateway Hub in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The firm has been tasked with assessing existing conditions; identifying improvements to the station area and adjacent transportation network and proposing a design concept for the station property and immediate vicinity that addresses short-term requirements while considering medium- and long-term needs.

By 2031, Bramalea Gateway Hub will be a major transit hub in Brampton and the northwest Greater Toronto Area, with a forecasted increase in morning peak period boardings of 360 percent. The transformation of the current GO Station that provides 2,000 parking stalls and facilitates GO Transit's commuter rail service will be driven by multiple investments in rapid transit. GO Transit will increase commuter rail service from current peak period, peak direction service to all-day, two-way service.

In anticipation of the launch of Steeles Zum in 2012, the client team of Metrolinx, GO Transit, the City of Brampton, Brampton Transit and the Region of Peel require improvements to the surrounding transportation network and the station itself to facilitate these connections and to provide safe and easy pedestrian, cycling and auto access.