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OCTOBER 24, I973 y TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 5 Ontario's Urban Transportation Program: ~ Adhoiceforeveryone. Something very frightening can happen to cities when they grow up. They can get out of hand and almost over- power the very people that give them life. The worst offenders are often transport- ation systems. Cars and trucks can become menaces, highways and roads--fuming bottlenecks. Subways can jam and buses simply refuse to handle an ever-increasing load. Local communities have been doing their best to keep ahead of the problems. But new help is available--for now and for the future. People come first. People really 'do come first. \ That's why the Government of Ontario is encouraging an urban transportation system that will serve Ontario people the way they should be served--efficiently, comfortably inexpensively. and with the least possible disruption of natural surroundings. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications has instituted GO A NEW WAY. an urban transportation program to develop modern transit systems in our towns and cities and to support them financially. New transit vehicles. Comfortable vehicles and convenient facilities make public transit attractive. So the government is paying 75% of the cost of municipal buses. streetcars. trolley buses and related facilities. Go Urban. A new. exciting inter- mediate-capacity transit system is being developed for large urban munici- palities. The system will be fully automated. quiet and emission-free. It is much less costly than subways or express- ways: may use existing GO URBAN. Quiet. pollution-free mass transit. Just part of GO A NEW WAY. Urban transportation will be one of Staggered working hours One way: of relievi rights-of-way, and its elevated guideways cause little interference with regular pedestrian or vehicle traffic. Cities will be subsidized to the extent of 75% in applying the GO URBAN system to their needs. 75% 25% New ransit vehicles Government sahsidies of 75 « make comfortable transportation possible for all. Staggered hours. Another way to reduce peak-load conges- tion is to stagger working hours and alter daily and weekly traffic patterns. If passenger demands can be spread over longer periods. people can be moved more quickly. Feasibility studies will be subsidized "up to 75%. The government is implementing a staggered working hour program for its own employees and hopes others will benefit from its findings. Computer controiled traffic In Metro Toronto. a computer controlled traffic system has proved that a substantial increase in road capacity can be achieved with : computers. The saving «in road construction Costs is many times the cost of the necessary computer equipment. So 50% of the equipment necessary for implementing or expanding computer systems in urban areas and for installing traffic control devices is being underwritten bythe government. 2 resh hour congestion. GO DIAL A BUS. 1 positive step toward wrning cities hack 10 people. Efficient road policies. Communities can increase road capacity with greater use of one-way streets, restricted deliv- ery hours and modern parking policies. Municipal studies on these subjects are supported financially. Co-ordination is vital. Normal transit routes often carry our people across municipal boundaries. Co-operation and co-ordination in inter-community transit planning, therefore, are becoming more and more essential. Your government has intensified the efforts and resources devoted to the co-ordination of transportation planning. GO Dial a Bus. Dial A Bus is a form of public transportation that has been pioneered in Ontario. It does not operate on fixed routes with predetermined stops. Instead. it operates from a Traffic and road policies must aifow efficient us . of Wailable facilities. fixed point. such as a mainline transit station, into a limited area. usually residential. Passengers are not required to board and leave the Dial A Bus at bus stops: the bus comes right to their homes when requested to do so. Dial A Bus is now operating in Pickering, Stratford. Kingston. Ottawa and Bramalea and will be operating soon in north Metro Toronto. : GO A NEW WAY puts people first. all the way. And people have to be involved to make it work. Resources. research and finances are available to help urban municipalities in Ontario build trans- portation systems that will surpass anything else in existence today. And prove that cities really are for people. a modern transportation program the most significant challenges facing for the needs of Ontario communities. us all for years to come. That's why the Government of Ontario developed GO A NEW WAY, The benefits of this program are available to any municipality in Ontario wishing to participate. 2S-A NEW WAY - Ontario's new Urban Transportation Program. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Hon William G. Davis. Premier. Hon. Gordon Carton. Minister. A. T.C. McNab. Deputy Minister.