The Bow is a new two-block development in Calgary’s Central Business District.  It features a new office tower providing two million square feet of office space in a 58-storey tower as well as a major cultural and retail complex and a 1400 space underground parkade.  D.A. Watt Consulting provided transportation engineering services to the architectural team, reviewing alternatives for site accesses, parking layouts, circulation plans, and loading dock configurations, as well as transit, pedestrian and bicycle facilities to create an ultimate design suitable to The Bow’s unique location in Calgary’s downtown core.  D.A. Watt Consulting also worked closely with the City of Calgary to create a Transportation Management Plan which successfully accommodated the impacts of the closure of 6th Avenue necessary for construction.  This innovative plan included signal coordination, a contraflow lane to maintain transit service, and other improvements to facilitate detoured traffic.