CANADIAN INTERCITY PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION: AN OVERVIEW
The transportation "system" in Canada is not a fully integrated system coordinated and directed by some all-powerful government agency. Rather, it is a complex grouping of separate but related parts that moves millions of Canadians every day. Each mode of Transportation--car, bus, airplane, rail--has its own set of providers, regulators and users. This overview of Canadian intercity passenger transportation tries to put the system into a perspective that offers a more satisfying understanding of why the system is the way it is. Chapter 2 describes each mode and the "way" (highway, airway, railway) each vehicle uses. It describes the vehicles, and examines the terminal requirements of each mode. Many questions are addressed. Chapter 4 investigates the balance sheets. Chapter 5 examines forecasts of future transportation needs and examines recent and future issues in intercity transportation. (Author/TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Supply and Services Canada
Place Du Portage, Phase III, II Laurier Street
Hull, PQ Canada - Publication Date: 1982
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 118 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air transportation; Demand; Economic factors; Economics; Evaluation and assessment; Forecasting; Highway transportation; Intercity transportation; Modal split; Private transportation; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Transportation; Transportation modes; Vehicle occupants
- Uncontrolled Terms: Future growth
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 285: Demand (econ); 263: Economics of transport; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 132: Forecast; 388: Inter urban; 675: Modal split; 746: Private transport; 744: Public transport; 1145: Transport mode; 1715: Vehicle occupant
- Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00379866
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM