多伦多地区的公共交通:回顾与展望

Public Transport in the Toronto Region: History and Prospects

本文简述了150多年以来多伦多地区公共交通以及基础设施的发展历程。公共交通的发展是一个复杂的过程,其中包括了一系列未能实行的规划,一些虚幻的成功和错误的行动。发展中也采取了一系列的发展模式,包括早期的公共马车,到轨道马车,再到后来的路面电车、化共汽车,最后再到带有空调系统的地铁和市郊火车。本文最后评价了由于长期缺乏国家和省政府的财政支持所引起的负面作用,但是随着形势的转变和机构之间合作的加强,作者最后表达了一种乐观的态度。

This paper presents a brief history of how the Toronto region's public transport services and infrastructure have evolved during the more than 150 years.The story is a complex one,involying a series of unrealized plans, a few visionary triumphs, and several wrong moves. A broad array of public transport modes is considered,ranging from early,unheated coaches, through horsecars, electric streetcars (trams) and buses,to air conditioned subway(metro)and commuter trains.The paper concludes with comments on the pernicious effects of the long term lack of adequate financial support from national and provincial governments. However, an optimistic note is sounded at the end, based upon early evidence of attitudinal change and inter-agency cooperation.