LOVE AFFAIR WITH STREETCARS GOES ON

Toronto Transit has been able to trim its subsidy per rider to 35 cents and recovers 82% of costs from the farebox, an extremely high rate. Almost 90% of Toronto residents use the system. The first major subway line expansion in some time will add a grid component to the radial network. Streetcar improvements that are complete or underway include separate tram rights-of-way along busy routes to speed their trips. Streetcars are also expected to be a component in the planned waterfront redevelopment.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Supplement to Volume 157
• Corporate Authors:

  Reed Business Information, Limited

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• Authors:
  • Ducharme, R
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 51-53
• Serial:
  • Metro Report : A Railway Gazette Yearbook
  • Volume: 157
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Public transit; Rail transit; Streetcars; Subways
• Identifier Terms: Toronto Transit Commission
• Geographic Terms: Toronto (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00813141
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• ISBN: 0-617-01292-X
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2002 12:00AM