Ontario. Passenger Systems Office

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Passenger Systems Office

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Passenger Systems Office

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Inter-City Transportation Policy Office

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1982-1990

    History

    The Passenger Systems Office was established in 1982 within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications as the Inter-City Transportation Policy Office. In 1985 the office was moved from the Policy Planning Branch, where it had existed since 1982, to the new Provincial Transportation Division (by 1989 this was known as the Provincial Transportation Program).

    The Passenger Systems Office ceased to exist in 1990, when it was merged with the Goods Distribution Systems Office to form the Provincial Transportation Systems Office.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Passenger Systems Office researched, analysed and developed policies with respect to inter-city passenger transportation in Ontario. The office focused on a variety of issues, including: improving intermodal (bus/rail) co- ordination at passenger terminals; policy development with respect to northern mobility; nuclear emergency evacuation planning; liaison with the bus, rail and airline industries, and with related government offices; and researching and recommending policy direction on the role and usage of automobiles.

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    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1972-1987)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA34

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation and Communications controls Ontario. Passenger Systems Office

    Dates of relationship

    1982-1987

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation (1987-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA61

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Transportation controls Ontario. Passenger Systems Office

    Dates of relationship

    1987-1990

    Description of relationship

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1114

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1982-1990; Archives of Ontario Series RG 14-163 Passenger Systems Office operational files.

        Maintenance notes

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


        Archivist(s):
        Lisa Singer, Mark Epp