Financing public transit and transportation in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton future initiatives

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Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (75 p.) : ill., digital file.
Publisher: Vaughan, Ont. : Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario, 2008

General Note:	"January 2008". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-75).
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive summary -- A. Introduction -- B. Recent trends -- B.1. Infrastructure spending in Ontario -- B.2. Ridership and usage in the GTAH -- B.3. Transportation and transit funding in large Canadian metropolitan areas and selected Canadian cities -- C. Framework for evaluating funding options -- D. Current practice -- E. New financing instruments -- E.1. Dedicated municipal fuel tax -- E.2. Tolls and congestion charges -- E.3. Tax on non-residential parking spaces -- E.4. Vehicle registration charge -- E.5. Drivers' licence charge -- E.6. High occupancy toll lanes -- E.7. Value capture levies -- E.8. Summary -- F. Financing Issues -- F.1. Should revenues be earmarked? -- F.2. Should the private sector be involved in infrastructure and service delivery? -- F.3. Are road prices/charges and fuel taxes regressive? -- F.4. Should road users pay additional road prices/charges? -- F.5. Should the federal and provincial governments hand out more grant revenue for local public transit and roads/highways? -- G. Governance for the GTAH -- G.1. Provincial responsibility -- G.2. Special purpose body -- G.3. Restructured municipal governance -- G.4. Summary -- H.Summary -- References.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.