CRITIQUE OF THE PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURE REPORTING SYSTEMS

This paper discusses problems associated with the collection of Canadian highway statistics. Ten provinces, two territories, the Federal government and thousands of municipalities are responsible for roads within their individual jurisdictions. Not surprisingly, there are no uniform definitions or methods of road classification, travel data collection, expenditure reporting, etc. The paper describes the three sources that report aggregated provincial highway/transportation expenditures (statistics Canada, transport Canada, and the roads and transportation association of Canada) and assesses their compatibility, consistency, comprehensiveness, accuracy and usefulness to highway managers and transport planners. The paper also explores the possiblity of obtaining compatible data from the detailed public accounts or annual reports published by each province, and suggests a format and method of future data collection that could minimize the deficiencies in the existing published sources of aggregate provincial highway statistics. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appeared in RTAC 1985 Annual Conference Proceedings, Volume 2.
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• Authors:
  • HASSAN, M U
• Conference:
  • This paper appeared in RTAC 1985 Annual Conference Proceedings, Volume 2.
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 133-158

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City government; Conferences; Data collection; Expenditures; Foreign; Governments; Highways; Local government; Reports; Standardization; Statistics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reporting
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway statistics
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 8623: Data acquisition; 2755: Highway; 6555: Statistics; 253: Transport authority
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478410
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM