THE ROLE OF TRANSIT OPERATING AGENCIES

By 1973, over 100,000 people were commuting daily into metro Toronto. Rush-hour congestion was no longer a purely local problem that could be solved by one region acting alone. It was realized that the needs of the commuter cannot be met without the co-operation and co-ordination of all transit properties in an urban area. This paper describes the formation of the Transit Operating Authority for the Toronto area, the first attempt by the province of Ontario to establish an appropriate agency to carry out the functions necessary to achieve an integrated network of transit operations. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the RTAC Annual Conference, 1975, held in Calgary, Alberta.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • HOWARD, W T
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the RTAC Annual Conference, 1975, held in Calgary, Alberta.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 205-217

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Commuter service; Commuting; Conferences; Consolidations; Districts and authorities; Government agencies; Governments; Networks; Organizations; Planning; Public transit; Rapid transit; Regional planning; Regional transportation; Transportation; Transportation departments; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Agencies; Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: Canada; Toronto (Canada)
• Old TRIS Terms: Government planning; Transportation administration
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 621: Journey to work; 1054: Network (traffic); 1154: Network (transport); 9057: Organization (association); 744: Public transport; 253: Transport authority; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149948
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1981 12:00AM