INTERCITY PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION DURING THE PERIOD 2000-2005: A SUBMISSION

Submission to the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation, emphasizing national aspects of a transportation infrastructure. The submission presents background issues likely to affect future intercity passenger transportation; the need for a new approach capable of dealing with global, national and regional settings and the social, economic and technological issues; the dynamics between intercity passenger transportation and Canada's future development; the means by which future intercity passenger transportation can become a positive force in dealing with environmental problems; and an outline of some guiding principles which will help ensure Canada's future global competitiveness, including decentralizing the delivery of passenger transport services facilities and combining land use and transportation planning.

• Corporate Authors:

  Alberta, Province of, Canada

  Alberta, Calgary,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Pagination: 69 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Infrastructure; Innovation; Intercity transportation; Intercity travel; Land use; Land use planning; Level of service; Passenger transportation; Transportation; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Service
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Future concepts
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00615870
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1992 12:00AM