Public transit is by its very nature a green strategy - it reduces automobile use and carbon emissions and encourages walkable neighbourhoods that limit urban sprawl. As such, Busby Perkins+Will focuses on providing quality transit solutions and offers unmatched expertise in transit-orientated development with an unparalleled portfolio ranging from large-scale master-planning to individual transit stations and the mixed-use developments that surround them.

From planning to detailing the firm takes a holistic approach to transit with one ultimate goal: to increase ridership. They accomplish this by providing a unique, accessible, safe and comfortable experience for patrons.

The firm has recently completed the Broadway / Commercial and Metrotown Transit Village Plans in the Greater Vancouver region, and recently exported their transit expertise to the Middle East where they completed Plan Abu Dhabi 2030, an Urban Structure Framework Plan that made suggestions in a variety of areas, including transportation and infrastructure.

The best way to promote transit ridership, however, is to provide patrons with quality stations that ennoble the transit experience. The firm has a long history of designing award-winning and innovative stations: Brentwood Skytrain Station has won numerous international design awards; the firm's prototype stations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia incorporate one of the largest photovoltaic arrays in the world; and current designs for three stations on Vancouver's new Canada Line are proving once again that the firm's modular approach delivers elegant stations on time and within budget.