Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Policy Planning Branch

• Policy Planning Branch

The Policy Planning Branch was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Urban and Regional Transportation Planning Office and the Economic Policy Office. The branch reported to the Policy Planning and Research Division, from 1980 to 1982, and directly to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Provincial/Municipal Transportation, from 1982 to 1985.

At the time of its creation, the Policy Planning Branch consisted of the Policy Analysis Section, the Policy Development Section, and the Demand Analysis Section. By 1983, however, the branch had been reorganized and expanded, and included five offices: the Inter-City Transportation Office; the Urban Transportation Policy Office; the Goods Distribution Systems Office; the Transportation Demand Forecasting Office; and the Transportation Market Research Office.

In 1985, the Policy Planning Branch ceased to exist. With this change, the Urban Transportation Policy Office and the Transportation Market Research Office became part of a new Municipal Transportation Policy/Planning Branch, while the remaining three offices began reporting directly to the Provincial Transportation Division.

The Policy Planning Branch developed policy in areas such as inter-city passenger transportation, goods transportation and distribution, transportation demand forecasting, and urban transportation on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1980-1985; KWIC Index 1981/82; Annual Reports of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, 1980-1985.

Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

Archivist(s):
Lisa Singer, Mark Epp