Achieving Sustainable Urban Transportation: The Decision Making Challenge.

Author(s)
Dalkie, H. & Soberman, R.M.
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Abstract

Reduced automobile dependence and improved competitiveness of transit for a wider variety of trip purposes are common goals of most attempts to improve the sustainability of urban transportation in medium and large Canadian cities. However, our collective ability to 'get things done' and make meaningful and cost effective improvements in public transit appears to be on the decline, largely due to conflicting objectives, a multiplicity of government agencies, questionable models of transportation agency governance, the lack of realistic financial models, and a very cumbersome process for the review of transportation decisions. This paper focuses on three important aspects urban transportation decision making, namely, governance models, the planning process, and more innovative financing. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E216597.

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C 44350 (In: C 44349 CD-ROM) /10 /72 / ITRD E216598
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In: Transportation: a key to a sustainable future : proceedings of the 2008 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), Toronto, Ontario, from September 21 to 24, 2008, 16 p., 10 ref.

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