Toronto's Regional Transportation Woes

Fractured transportation plans from different Toronto area municipalities make regional transit planning a challenge.

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October 1, 2006, 5:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

With the Toronto economy booming, worries about regional commutes are increasing, especially from the urban core out to suburban employment centers. Yet, the region lacks a regional transportation plan to accommodate the anticipated growth and changes in commutes.

"In fact, the agency that's supposed to answer that question is not operating yet. It is the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority â€" with no office, staff or executive. Any master plan this body comes up with will be at the mercy of elected officials from municipalities involved in the GTTA. Infighting, turf wars or NIMBYism would kill any cross-regional plan and leave us with what we have now: a bunch of piecemeal transit projects that proponents hope will interconnect one day, yet based on the old model of getting people to Toronto, not out."

FULL STORY: Solving a regional commuter crunch

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 in The Toronto Star

Government / Politics Transportation Ontario

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