North America Toronto
thinks big on rapid transit
The Toronto and Hamilton region has prescribed a major investment in public transport over the next 25 years to accommodate a rapidly growing population, and stem worsening congestion on its roads. Keith Barrowdiscovers how Metrolinx is establishing a firm financial base for the Big Move.
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ORONTO could never be accused of lacking a vision for the development of its public
transport system. From the Network 2011 plan of 1985 to Let’s Move in 1990, the Rapid Transit Expansion Program of 1993, and Transit City in 2007, proposals for new infrastructure have come and gone with successive administrations, and while a few
projects have come to fruition, shifting political tides and conflicting views on how funds should be spent have kept many schemes firmly on the drawing board.
Furthermore, public transport in the
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is under the jurisdiction of no less than nine separate transit agencies and one regional provider. Historically
this has often resulted in poor integration, even though one in four journeys in the GTHAcrosses a regional boundary. In 2006 the Ontario government authorised the creation of Metrolinx, a transit authority for the GTHA, with the aim of overcoming many of the long-standing integration issues.
Despite indecision, conflicting IRJ September 2013
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