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Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)
Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)

Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)

Date4/10/1969
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  • Metro's transportation system, the great highways, railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada, has been one of the magnets(...)
  • Metro's transportation system; the great highways; railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada; has been one of the magnets drawing new people and new industry to the area. This view; looking north up the Don Valley Parkway; near the Don Mills exit; shows the flow of traffic that is the city's lifeblood. When Metro started it had a tax assessment of $2;662 million on which to raise revenue. Today that has more than doubled.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro's transportation system; the great highways; railways and air routes radiating out from here to all parts of Canada; has been one of the magnets drawing new people and new industry to the area. This view; looking north up the Don Valley Parkway; near the Don Mills exit; shows the flow of traffic that is the city's lifeblood. When Metro started it had a tax assessment of $2;662 million on which to raise revenue. Today that has more than doubled.
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Crossing guards honored. Majorie Gordaneer, Metro's longest-serving school crossing guard with 28 years' service, proudly holds the award she received(...)
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Regan, Paul
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Operator George Stephenson at Metro's giant traffic computer
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Many people complain about trucks using highway, yet few consider congestion caused by by cars during morning and evening rush hours. If work hours an(...)
Many people complain about trucks using highway, yet few consider congestion caused by by cars during morning and evening rush hours. If work hours an(...)
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It is 5.10 P.M. and the location is the traffic light at the Bathurst-Fleet intersection. Cars are jammed here, well away from the proposed 15 m.p.h. (...)
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Toronto Star (Firm)
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Normal traffic before the rush hour is seen here on the lake shore
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