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Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today'(...)
Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today'(...)

Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today'(...)

Date1/21/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Can transportation policy affect the city dweller's mode of travel? Yes, according to a report by the Bureau of Municipal Research discussed in today's letter from Terry Fowler of Glendon College. The report is critical of assumptions transportation planners make
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115662F
Report of the committee appointed to visit cities in United States re subway railways
Report of the committee appointed to visit cities in United States re subway railways
5/12/1910
It's not safe: Despite TTC chief Alf Savage's remarks about Toronto men being gentlemen, reader says she won't travel the TTC after dark
It's not safe: Despite TTC chief Alf Savage's remarks about Toronto men being gentlemen, reader says she won't travel the TTC after dark
7/15/1982
Go In Peace posters, above, are praised by reader for making subway travel warmer and more relaxed
Go In Peace posters, above, are praised by reader for making subway travel warmer and more relaxed
4/12/1977
Women travel alone on late-night subways in Metro, and a high-ranking police officer says it's safe
Women travel alone on late-night subways in Metro, and a high-ranking police officer says it's safe
11/26/1974
Electrical bugs plagued new $215 million Spadina subway today, besides a train with a broken air hose at Wilson Ave
Electrical bugs plagued new $215 million Spadina subway today, besides a train with a broken air hose at Wilson Ave
2/7/1978
Bomb-blasted washroom in Eglinton subway station is placidly ignored by subway passengers today as they walk past big Closed sign barring its entrace (...)
Bomb-blasted washroom in Eglinton subway station is placidly ignored by subway passengers today as they walk past big Closed sign barring its entrace (...)
5/23/1968
Stalled subway train blocks the tracks on an open section of the line north of Davisville subway station today after going through an open switch. Alt(...)
Stalled subway train blocks the tracks on an open section of the line north of Davisville subway station today after going through an open switch. Alt(...)
9/30/1970
Subway clips along. The east-west subway is gradually spreading its arms across the city as work on the extensions is carried out. At present the subw(...)
Subway clips along. The east-west subway is gradually spreading its arms across the city as work on the extensions is carried out. At present the subw(...)
5/18/1966
This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discove(...)
This is plain looting of a farm cache of potatoes by city dwellers who have pushed their small carts out into the country to see what they can discove(...)
8/11/1945
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
7/16/1971
Subway Car #RT. 3, at Davisville yards. Image shows a dump car on the tracks and a few employee ...
Subway Car #RT. 3, at Davisville yards
1953
Yonge Street Subway, Rosedale Station, looking north from Aylmer Avenue overpass, during construction
Yonge Street Subway, Rosedale Station, looking north from Aylmer Avenue overpass, during construction
1952