DEVELOPING TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE ALTERNATIVES IN TORONTO

The Metropolitan Toronto Transportation Plan Review is discussed with special reference to public participation, developing transportation and land use alternatives, and the testing and evaluation of alternative systems. An attempt is then made to highlight some conclusions which may have general relevance to transportation planning in any urban area. The Toronto Review did not recommend a single transportation plan but described a number of alternatives for different development alternatives. An attempt was made to point out the degree of commonality associated with specific transportation decisions sufficient information was provided for each of the transportation components to evaluate their effectiveness and desirability in terms of the measures related to demand satisfaction, economics and other criteria. Based on the commonality aspects of specific transportation projects and the ways in which they contribute as part of an overall system to long-range development objectives, individual transportation decisions were categorized into those that were neutral and those that had a high degree of impact on development. An attempt was also made to indicate how certain short-term improvements could be made to the existing transportation system in ways that would ensure that subsequent investment in major projects would produce the highest payoff possible in terms of effectiveness.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr168/sr168-006.pdf
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  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Proceedings of a conference held July 22-23, 1975, and sponsored by the Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors Section of the TRB and the School of Environment and Engineering of Cornell University.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Soberman, Richard M
• Conference:
  • Conference on Transportation and Land Use Planning Abroad
  • Date: 1975-7-22 to 1975-7-23
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 23-34
• Monograph Title: Transportation and land use planning abroad
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 168
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Economics; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Land use; Public opinion; Public participation; Public transit; Regional planning; Testing; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: GO Transit; Toronto Transit Commission
• Geographic Terms: Toronto (Canada)
• Old TRIS Terms: Substitutes
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139634
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 17 1981 12:00AM