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Urban and Regional Transportation Planning Office
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The Urban and Regional Transportation Planning Office was established in 1976 within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and formed part of the Planning and Development Division. The Office continued functions and activities formerly carried out by the Systems Planning Branch.
In 1980, most of the responsibilities of the Urban and Regional Transportation Planning Office and the Economic Policy Office were consolidated to form the Policy Planning Branch.
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The Urban and Regional Transportation Planning Office provided long-range transportation planning information for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The office asssisted with policy decisions, program planning and program delivery activities, including transportation demand forecasting for highways and GO Transit, financial and technical assistance to municipalities for their transportation planning, co-ordination of provincial- municipal transportation planning, and conducting various planning studies.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Ministry of Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1976-1980
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Archivist(s):
Lisa Singer, Mark Epp