Metrobus Transit Study.pdf - City of St. John's

St. John’s Transportation Commission (Metrobus) 2011
Market Assessment and Strategic Directions Study – Part C: Assessment of Market Opportunities
General Hospital/Heath Sciences Centre;
St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital; and
Waterford Hospital.
Janeway Children’s Hospital (Janeway) is located at 300 Prince Philip Drive on the Memorial
University Campus beside the Memorial University Health Sciences Centre and the General
Hospital. The Janeway has been specializing in child care since 1966 with the new and current
facility opening in 2001. The hospital has a total of 80 beds. In an average year the Janeway receives
29,551 Emergency Department visits, 28,922 outpatient visits to the Rehabilitation Centre, and
48,857 outpatient visits to the Medicine and Surgery departments. The Janeway is very well served
by transit. Routes 10, 12, 15, 16, and 23 connect directly to the Janeway while Routes 1, 14, and 17
are a short walk away at the Memorial University Centre Terminal.
The General Hospital is the largest acute care facility in the province. The General is a tertiary or
high-level acute care facility serving the people of the entire province. It is a teaching hospital and is
connected to Memorial University’s Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing. It is also
connected and shares services and staff with the Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation
Centre. The Women’s Heath Clinic is also located in the General Hospital.
St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital (St. Clare’s) is located in the Downtown at 154 LeMarchant Road. St.
Clare’s is a tertiary adult acute care hospital which has been serving the people of Newfoundland
and Labrador since 1922. The hospital is served by Route 2 and Route 11 providing higher
frequency service and direct connection to the Downtown, Avalon Mall, Village Shopping Centre,
and Torbay Road Mall.
Waterford Hospital (Waterford) is located on Waterford Bridge Road in the St. John’s south end.
The Waterford specializes in the treatment and care of the mentally ill. On a typical day less than 200
patients occupy beds in the Waterford. Waterford is served by Route 3 and 6 providing direct
connections to Village Shopping Centre, the Downtown and Kilbride/Goulds. Village Shopping
Centre Terminal is also just a short walk away to the north.
Given the high level of transit service and the concentration of employment, the hospital sector is an
ideal candidate for employee transit pass programs.
7.4 Commercial/Employment Market
Major employment concentrations in St. John’s are found downtown, in and around the Memorial
University, in business parks, and at retail centres.
As the provincial capital and a regional centre, a major employer in St. John’s is the provincial
government. The Confederation Building on Prince Philip Drive is a major centre of provincial
government employment, while the Petten Building houses the Provincial Department of Fisheries
and Aquaculture on Strawberry Marsh Road. Employment by industry and large employers within
the city are identified in Table 9 (Statistics Canada, 2006) and Table 10 (St. John’s Department of
Economic Development, Tourism, and Culture, 2009).
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