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Sustainable Transportation: The Canadian Context

Sustainable Transportation: The Canadian Context

The monograph Sustainable Transportation: The Canadian Context is a Canadian contribution to the dialogue at the Ninth Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN CSD), April 16 to 27, 2001.

The monograph describes the state of transportation in Canada and highlights Canadian activities that are moving us toward a more sustainable transportation system — one that is safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly.

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Cover photo credits:
Bicyclist commuting in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Photo courtesy of Go for Green (www.goforgreen.ca). Subway station in Montreal, Quebec. Photo courtesy of Natural Resources Canada Photo Library.

©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2001
Cat. No. E2-136/15-2001
ISBN 0-662-65526-5

This publication may be reproduced without permission provided the source is fully acknowledged. However, reproduction of this publication in whole or part for the purposes of resale or redistribution requires prior written permission from the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S9.

Other monographs in the series are as follows: