Transportation Funding and Governance in Canada's Large Metropolitan Areas: An Inventory of Current Practice

Canada’s metropolitan regions have developed transportation governance and funding frameworks in response to their unique historical, geographical and jurisdictional contexts. Local conditions such as transportation demand, geography, growth rates, legislation and regulations vary considerably. However, a common theme among metropolitan areas is an ongoing effort to adapt transportation governance and financial arrangements to address current and future transportation needs in a fair and sustainable manner. The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has previously examined regional transportation financing in two separate studies. The 2002 TAC briefing entitled Innovations in Financing Urban Transportation examined transportation financing and governance frameworks in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Montréal. This was followed in 2012 by the briefing Sustainable Funding for Urban/Regional Transportation in Canada, which assessed needs and examined a range of funding sources being used. The focus of this study is to inventory the main elements, successes and challenges of urban transportation funding and governance in Canada’s largest metropolitan regions: Greater Vancouver, City of Calgary and region, City of Edmonton and region, City of Winnipeg and region, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), the Metro Montréal region and the Halifax Regional Municipality. This inventory will help readers understand how transportation infrastructure and operational decisions are planned and funded, and who the primary decision makers are. In addition, successes and challenges will help other Canadian municipalities learn about the advantages and disadvantages of each system, and which components might be applicable to their situation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • Lambert, B
  • Byczek, W
  • Calimente, J
  • Gratton, G
  • Heseltine, J
  • MARTINSON, R
  • Masterson, G
  • New, S
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 1 v., 119p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Financing; Investments; Local government agencies; Networks; State of the art reports; Sustainable development; Types of roads by network; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic networks
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8018: Canada; 244: Financing; 227: Investment; 192: Local authority; 1054: Network (traffic); 8588: State of the art report; 2427: Sustainability; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01553211
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Feb 13 2015 3:34PM