HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-10-24, Page 15county councillors want Bruce
y crests for their jackets they
tie to buy them in India ,
clerk W. S. Forrester' recently
advised council.
That country is the only source
.THE LUCK NOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOVi, ONTARIO
of thegold braided insi •
gnia , Mr: ther distinguished . Warden Vernon
Forrester said. The crests will re- Ernke of Chesley believes. He
tail at about $1Q each and several • recommended that starting with
county councillors said they will
place an order, the 1974 warden , council should
The council head should be fur- supply its leaders with a tailored,
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blazer of the County Bruce tartan.
Bruce is the Only county in Can-
ada to have a registered tartan.
There are only three other regist-
ered-tartans in this country.
EspAY, OCTOBER 24, 1973
India Only Source 'For Crests
Ontario's Urban Transportation Program:
Once for eve. ne. • Z.
Something very frightening can happen to
cities when they grow-up. • • •
They can'get .out of hand and. almost oVer-
power the very people that give them life. •
The worst offenders are often transport-
ation systems., •
• cars and trucks can become menaces,
'highways.and roadsHfuming bottlenecks, Subways
• can jam and buseS simply refuse to handle 'an .
ever-increasing load.. •
Local communities have been doing their
hest.to keep ahead of the problems: But new help
is available—for now and for the futUre..
• PeoPle come first
• People'really do. come first.
That's why the Government of Ontario is
• encouraging an urban transportation system that
will serve Ontario people /the waythey should
'be served—efficiently; coMfortably • •
ineXpensively, and with the least posSible
disruption .of.natural surroundings.
- The Ministry of Transportation and
Communications has instituted GO A NEW
• WAY. an urban transportation program to develop
.modern transit systems in. our towns and cities and
to support them financially.
New transit vehicles.
Comfortable vehicleS and convenient
,facilitieS make public transit, attractive. So the
government iS paying 759k of the. cost of
municipal buses.'streetcars. trolley bUses
and related facilities.
Go Urban.
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Anew, exciting inter-
mediate-capacity transit
system ;is being developed
- for large urban inunici,
palities.The system will be., -.1r •
fully automated, quiet and
emission-free. It is much less
costly than subways or express-
ways, may use existing •
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Quiet. pldhlti011-%r(.<'
Jaw jug of GO ):
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Staggered hour.
Another wayto reduce peak-load cOnges- .
tion is to stagger working hours and 'alter daily and
Weekly traffic patterns. If passenger demands can
be spread over longer periods. people can he
rights-of-way, and its elevated guideways cause
little interference with regular pedestrian Or
Vehicle traffic. "
Cities will be subsidised to the extent of
757r in applying the. GO URBAN system :to their
needs.
1 'Imlay., \471 toward
• I aimm; r roe•‘ luau to peolde
The .government. is
implementing a staggered
.working hour program fir
its,own.emplOyees and
hopes others-will.benefit from ,
its findings.*-
Computer
controlled traffic
• ;In Metro Toronto.. a computer Dial A BuS at bus stops; the..bus comes right to.
. controlled traffic system has . their, homes when requested to do so.. •
Dial Bus is now. operating in Pickering,
Stratford, Kingston. Ottawa'and Bramalea.and will
he operating soon in'tiorth Metro Toronto.
•GO'A NEW 'WAY' puts, people
• first. all the. way. And people
- have to be involved to'
make it
•
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Resources. research'.
and finances are
available to help urban
municipalities in •
Ontario build trans-
portation systems that
will surpasS'anything
else inexistence today.-
And prove that,
cities really are for
'people.
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mrrF 6' 'inn/or/oh/v. !fan vnirtation
pas,thlejat• all. •
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75'i
.• . fixed point, such as 'a mainline trans-it station, . • ,
into a limited -area, usually residential. Passengers, •
are not required to board and leave the
. Efficient road policies.
Communities can increase road capacity
with greater use of one-way streets, restricted deliv-
ery hours and modern parking policies. Municipal
studies on these subjects are supported financially.
CO-ordination is'vital. •
Normal transit routes often carry our
people across municipal boundaries. Co-operation
and Co-ordination in inter-community transit
plannirm theretbre.:are becomik more and more
essential. •
• • Your government has intensified the efforts
and resources devoted to the co-ordination of
transportation planning.
' • GO Dial a Bus.
Dial A Bus is a form of
public transportation thathas
been pioneered in Ontario:.
It does not Operate on fixed
routes with predetermined
stops, Instead.
it opeMtes from a
'Palk and ram'
nary' allow eta:lent me
of amiable larder/ex,
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moved more quickly. Feasibility
siagEyred work lin; harm. studies will he subsidized
Oar mu)• 'relieving. etch hart' up to 75t.c ' - ont.,:emon. "
proved that a substantial •
inctease,iR road capacity • can he achieved with
computers.The saving •
in road construction • , • - •
costs'is many times
the cost of the 'necessary 'computer
• equipment. •
So .50e; of the equipment
neees.sary fOr implementing
or expanding computer
systems in urban areas
and for installing traffic
. control devices is being:
underwritten by the
government: fit •
Urban transportation will be (me of
the most significant challenges facing
us all for tears to come. . .
That's ill?). theGovenultent.of
Ontario developed GO ,:l.:V E ft' J14 );
a modern tran,sportation program .
.Thn the needs (g' Ontario communities.
•The benefits Of this:,program
are available to any inta?icipaliti . in
Onwrio wishing to participate.
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Ontario's .new Urban Than.sportation . Program, ,
Ministry of Transportation and communications.'
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