New link for commuters
Toronto Star
(Dec 6, 2007)
Disgruntled commuters can now share their ideas about how to fix the GTA's transit woes thanks to a new interactive website from the regional transit authority.
Launched by Metrolinx -- formerly the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority --
www.metrolinx.com kicks off the public consultation process for the agency's regional transportation plan due this spring.
Ideas about how to fix the region's crowded transit services and congested roadways are welcome, but the site also offers maps, information on transit systems around the world, news, mini-polls and traveller surveys. It will also post Metrolinx policy papers and online discussions.
Transportation Minister Jim Bradley and Metrolinx chair Rob MacIsaac unveiled the site Tuesday. Metrolinx is made up of 11 regional representatives, mostly politicians. Queen's Park appointed it to draft a plan earlier this year.
The GTTA had already recommended $1 billion in priority transit projects for the region.
"We think our consultation process will be unprecedented in its breadth and depth," said MacIsaac, the past mayor of Burlington
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