Greater Toronto Transportation

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the issues of transportation and mobility in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The issues that the paper covers include the following: the debate about transportation and sustainability, car dependence, the growth and urban sprawl in the GTA and its impacts and implications on transportation practices. The writer examines the key transport and mobility issues in the GTA and the solutions that are proposed for solving them, particularly in the context of achieving a more sustainable growth of the city.

Outline:
Introduction
Sustainable Transportation
The Issues of Mobility
Urban Growth, Urban Sprawl and Transportation
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Analysis of the above problems reveals that their major cause is the extensive use of private automobiles. They are the major consumers of fossil fuels whose consumption produces CO2 and other dangerous gases and whose sources are rapidly melting away. Recent research shows that cities that provide the best terms for the automobile transportation are the ones with the highest CO2 emissions. They are involved in the accidents that result in the injury, loss of life and property damage. Also, car dependence is responsible for traffic congestion of which we see more and more within the GTA Alarming is the fact that the use of private automobiles in increasing, a fact that will be addressed further below."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Blais, P.M., Ng, M., Yacoumidis, J. & Neptis Foundation Inching Towards Sustainability: The Evolving urban Structure of the GTA: A Report to the Neptis Foundation. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2000
• Bunting, T. & Filion, P. (eds). Canadian Cities in Transition: The Twenty-First Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000
• Canadian Urban Institute, Smart Growth in Canada 2000 Available from www.canurb.com/
• Low, N. and Gleeson, B. (eds.). Making Urban Transport Sustainable. Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003
• Miller, E.J., Shalaby, A.S. and Neptis Foundation. Travel in the Greater Toronto Area: Past and Current Behavior and Relation to Urban Form. Toronto: University of Toronto Joint Program in Transportation, 2000

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