[getsmart-l] A Transportation Plan for the Post Peak Era

[Rose Kudlac]

On March 25th, Metrolinx Chair Rob McIsaac will be present to tell you about
its Regional Transportation Plan and to hear your comments and suggestions.

In 2006 the Province of Ontario revamped the legislation governing the
Greater Toronto Transit Authority giving it an expanded mandate and a
capital budget of over 11 billion dollars.

The agency, renamed Metrolinx, is currently in the midst of a year long
planning process to create a Regional Transportation Plan that will guide
the development of our transportation system for the next 25 years. That
will take us, by even the most optimistic estimates, well into post peak oil
era. This is a timely initiative.

This meetup is an opportunity to ensure that this plan takes into account
rising costs and declining availability of petroleum fuel. The decisions
being made now will determine how well the GTA fares in the post peak era.

Rob McIssac is a former Councillor and three term Mayor of Burlington. He
was a member of the Ontario Smart Growth Panel, chaired a task force to
establish the founding principles for a permanent Greenbelt, and hosted the
first ever GTA Smart Growth Summit. He is known for his regional approach
and progressive growth management ideas for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

Metrolinx has published a set of 7 "green papers" that you can download from
the Metrolinx web site. There are also short video presentations for each
green paper that you can watch. It's well worth the time to take a few
minutes to look at this material in advance of the meetup. See Metrolinx
Regional Transportation Plan
<http://www.metrolinx.com/NonTabPages/1/Regional%20Transportation%20Plan/Pla
ns.aspx> .

 

RSVP at http://oilawareness.meetup.com/70/

Please join us on March 25, 7pm, U of T.

University College Building, Room 179

15 King's College Circle 

Toronto

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