Whitby Free Press, 25 Sep 1991, p. 23

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WHITBy MRE PR~ESS, WEDNESDAY, SEIYIEMBER 25. 1991, PAGE 23 The Ontario. government is participating with Greater Toronto Area municipalities on a survey to determine local transportation choices to help in future planning. Ontario Transportation Minister Giles Pouliot announced that tho Transportation Tomorrow Survey 1991 will examine the travel habits and preferences of residenta of the Greater Toronto Are&. The survey will helphm, the planning of road and transit improvements, and provide information for long-term planning., The survey wiil involve the regions of Durham, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Pool and York, Motropolitan Toronto, the Mfinistuy of Transportation and the Toronto Transit Commission. "This survey waill help us botter respond to each community's needs," said Pouliot "The ,population , f the. Greater Toronto Area, includingt Ham Iton-Wontwot, sapce te grow toe sx miiLo people in the next 20Oyeara. '"W. need te plan now for improvementa te our trans- portation system that wil slow it te meet the 'increased requirementa."i The first Transportation Tomorrow Survey was conducted in 1986. More than 60,000 interviews were conducted i the Greater 'Toronte area (one in every 25 households), including Metro Toronto., Durhamn, Pool, Halton, York and Hamilten-Wentworth. Infomaton gathered in the 1986 survey was used te plan a wide range of transporation activities ini the Groater Toronto Area -- including the Let's Move rapid transit expansion program, Hwy. -401 expansion and development of Hwy. 407. The survey conasis of a telephone interview te, 30,000 randomly-selected householda. TI additionute tinp infobrmation for each oueod member (i.e. or*iu, destination, time, reason for travel, mode of transportation), interviewers also asic age, number of' vehicles available for personal use and where' eah member worka or attends achool. The sur vey being conducted by the University 'of Toronto's Data Management Group, hired todv lopaidimplement the survey angather resuilts. Used forstatistical purposes only, ail information will be kept strictly confidential and. canriot be traced to the individual household. Once the study is complote, the survey resuits will be released in 199. Sec box on page 2 o futrther survey informati.on' Ask questions about driving schools FROM PAGE 22 the car from the passenger>s seat. oe:regulato are utin lace at teiction o govenment. What qualifcations Must driin istrctrahave? In-car instructors must carry a va]id driving-instructor's licence issued by the Ministry of Transportation. A mandatory driving-instructor's course is set by the ministry and programs are dlivered by the OSL and various community colleges. eWho ia the course intended for? Some classs are made up entirely of high-school students while others are geared te adults. Many schools stress the fact that driving instruction is something that shouldn't be forgotten once a licence is issued. Some schools offer refresher and advanced courses that help peple learn te, drive under conditions they aren't accustomed te -- such as icyhighways, two-lane rural roads with soft shoulders, or city traffrie. To find out more about driver education, contact the Ontario Safety League at (416) 620-172*9 To receive pamphlet 11;t brochures on a variety of coimesnor topics, contact the Consumer Information Centre, Ministry of Consumer ana Commercial Relation;ý 555;Y-otngs:- tL$,.,'grPptq.,Ont. 7A H il

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