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Urban Transportation Showcase Program

About the Program

The Urban Transportation Showcase Program is a Transport Canada initiative under the Government of Canada's Action Plan 2000 on Climate Change.


Section Overview

Program Origins

What is a Showcase?

Selection Process

Program Chronology

News Releases

About this Website

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Overview presentation 
         (PDF, 1.06MB)

Program Objectives

Support the development and integration of strategies, transportation planning tools and best practices so as to reduce GHG emissions;

Demonstrate, measure and monitor the effectiveness of a range of integrated urban GHG strategies;

Evaluate the effects of these strategies for other important policy objectives to build strong cities (smog reduction, congestion relief, improved public transit infrastructure); and,

Establish a comprehensive and pro-active national network for the dissemination of information on successful GHG reduction strategies for sustainable urban transportation.

 


The overview presentation above is available in PDF format and may be viewed using version 3.0 or higher of the Adobe® Acrobat Reader.  This reader may be downloaded free of charge by visiting the Adobe® web siteThe Urban Transportation Showcase Program Program Update & Overview of Detailed Proposals September 2003 (file size 1.06MB) will download in approximately 331 seconds on a 28.8K.


Last updated: 2006-02-05 Top of Page Important Notices