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Socioeconomic, Land Use and Travel Characteristics of the Toronto Area
This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the urban context in which public transportation exists in the City of Toronto. The context is defined in terms of the city's socioeconomic, land use and travel characteristics. Because cross-boundary trips constitute a significant portion of travel in the City of Toronto, this analysis also includes the surrounding 4 municipalities of the city, which together with the city are known as the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). The regional boundaries of the GTA's 5 municipalities are shown. The major freeways serving the GTA, and the subway and commuter rail networks are also shown. As shown, the subway runs only within the city of Toronto along three lines: Bloor-Danforth (east-west line), Yonge (the eastern north-south line) and University-Spadina (the western north-south line). The GO Rail commuter rail network consists of 6 lines, each originating outside the City of Toronto and terminating at the Union Station in downtown Toronto. The source of socioeconomic, land use and travel information used in the study is the 1996 Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS), which involved a 5.0% sample of households in the GTA.
Socioeconomic, Land Use and Travel Characteristics of the Toronto Area
This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the urban context in which public transportation exists in the City of Toronto. The context is defined in terms of the city's socioeconomic, land use and travel characteristics. Because cross-boundary trips constitute a significant portion of travel in the City of Toronto, this analysis also includes the surrounding 4 municipalities of the city, which together with the city are known as the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). The regional boundaries of the GTA's 5 municipalities are shown. The major freeways serving the GTA, and the subway and commuter rail networks are also shown. As shown, the subway runs only within the city of Toronto along three lines: Bloor-Danforth (east-west line), Yonge (the eastern north-south line) and University-Spadina (the western north-south line). The GO Rail commuter rail network consists of 6 lines, each originating outside the City of Toronto and terminating at the Union Station in downtown Toronto. The source of socioeconomic, land use and travel information used in the study is the 1996 Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS), which involved a 5.0% sample of households in the GTA.
Socioeconomic, Land Use and Travel Characteristics of the Toronto Area
Shalaby, Amer (author)
Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems ; 2002 ; Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Urban Public Transportation System ; 356-368
2004-09-28
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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