Toronto thinks big on rapid transit

In order to accommodate a rapidly growing population and stem worsening congestion on its roads, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) has prescribed a major investment in public transport over the next 25 years. In 2008 Metrolinx, a transit authority for the GTHA, adopted the Big Move, a $C 50bn 25-year transport investment program whose goal is to bring 80% of the region's population within 2km of rapid transit. Details of financing and the various phases of the program are presented here.

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  http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/metros/toronto-thinks-big-on-rapid-transit.html
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• Authors:
  • Barrow, Keith
• Publication Date: 2013-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 30-32, 34, 36
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 53
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Financing; Line extensions (Rail transit); Rapid transit; Traffic congestion
• Identifier Terms: Metrolinx
• Geographic Terms: Greater Toronto, Canada; Hamilton (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01494330
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 23 2013 10:02AM