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v economist sm7stdufiyafet b- i transportation in 1999 york region will find out howstrongly municipal partners drecoinm bymikeadler staff writer want jtogo faster onthe mainr6adsthe regional politicians arekoping youll take the bus you want to cut through some sidestreets and subdi visions the local politicians are letting the people who live there decide how to stop you york region upped its budget for roads this year by s10 million its wait ing anxiously for the province to start building hwy 404 further north link the 404 to the 400 and push hwy 407 east into durham but in 1999 it will concentrate its biggest effort on local transit and spe cial needs transit services and on con vincing its various municipal councils and toronto to create a transit network that works meanwhile if you get frustrated dri ving home and tear into a subdivision shortcut the odds you will run into a fresh speedhump or concrete planter there are increasing thats because municipal politi cians are looking for citizen advice on how to calm local roads and more and more neighbourhood traffic commit tees are forming to offer them solu tions in aurora mayor tim jones wanted issues like stop signs and speed limits put away from the council table so this year the town created an allvolun teer traffic safety board the group will recommend townwide traffic safety whats ahead york region will take traffic issues seriously making roads commuter friendly policies to council next month- said george timpson a former mayor and chairperson of the committee v residents in one of maples older subdivisions formed a traffic commit tee because they didnt want their streets used as a bypass for drivers impatient with major mackenzie drive maria sammut a member said we just want to retain some of that quality of life scott brown who chairs a similar group for residents of the older streets around main street markham has similar worries speeding and reck less drivers that endanger walking chil dren top the list we want to slow down the traffic not necessarily stop it he said im extremely confident that some thing is going to be done in 1999 brown added but cosimo lacaria who chairs another traffic committee in a vaughan subdivision doubts politicians are seri ous about following neighbourhood advice some trafficcalming committees have presented reports to vaughan but all seem to be in limbo he said markham regional councillor gord laridon has divided his town this year into four districts each of them to have a committee that would bring traffic- calming projects to town council for approval but he has found his solution is not one that i think some members of council bought into he admitted recently tthey look at it as too compli cated a system next month politicians and staff will meet at regional headquarters in newmarket to considerquickfixes fora public transit network that by their own admission cannot move com muters across the region from east to west or from north to south without costly transfers members of the task force on transit seem to reserve their greatest sympa thy for special needs users who can be forced to book different rides from local services arranging each of them in advance just to go to toronto on their own a task force subcommittee is sup posed to decide this year on a solution most likely a region wide taxiscrip sys tem or a regional dispatch service for the disabled the scrip system could be set up faster said paul may york regions director of transportation and approvals may suggested 1999 is when the region finds out how strongly its municipal partners are committed to improving transit most immediate solutions the task force will present after all cost some money richmond hill regional councillor vito spatafora hopes in the next year to see all the transit systems in york region to make it attractive to com b3t sec uncixx3g1ng page b4 staff ph0t0sj0erd witteveen- traffic shown here on a typical weekday on yonge street at clarke 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