The Urban Transportation Task Force of the Council of Deputy Ministers (which includes eight provinces and the federal government) has followed up its 2005 report Urban Transportation in Canada: Needs and Opportunities with a new report that highlights trends and challenges related to public transit in Canada.
The report Urban Transit in Canada: Taking Stock of Recent Progress offers a good summary of actions and outcomes in the transit sector since 2005, the status of current transit plans, and the need for non-fiscal support measures. It also makes four cautious recommendations that are sure to leave readers unsurprised.
Perhaps most notable is the very direct statement of an admirable concluding principle: "Canada’s future sustainable development – in terms of competitiveness, environmental stewardship, human health and social inclusion – will require fundamentally different patterns of transport use in small and large communities, in which particular priority is placed on collective forms of passenger transport, on active transport, on non-transport mobility options, and on urban goods movement, over and above the single-vehicle automobile."
Well said.