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Article: Toronto: back on track? (mass transit capital improvement program for the Greater Toronto Area)
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- Railway Age
- Article date:
- May 1, 1990
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A $5 billion capital improvement program unveiled last month could put the Greater Toronto Area in position to claim a in the title of mass transit showcase of the world.
In the opinion of the Government of Ontario, it is going to take $5 billion (Canadian) to keep North America's most transit dependent metropolitan center that way. That's how much the province has announced it will spend on transportation infrastructure in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) over the next decade. The GTA includes the Regions of Durham, York, Peel, Halton, and Metro Toronto. Metro includes the City of Toronto and five other cities and boroughs. Within the various regions are strong ...