Year: 1920
Summary: Tabulated information regarding motor-bus operation in American cities. Explores whether motor-buses would be justifiable for Toronto.
Year: 1978
Summary: Municipalities can play a larger role in more efficient use of energy and establishment of renewable resources, to reduce the energy waste crisis.
Year: 1970
Summary: Focuses on how decisions regarding the Metro Toronto transportation system are made.
Summary: Presents the outline of a program for the development of local transportation in London, and provides a summary of the city's prior strategies for transportation.
Year: 1928
Summary: Debates the idea of building an airport in Toronto. Some questions to consider: should the airport be publicly or privately owned? Where should the airport be located? What capital outlay would be required? And would the airport be profitable? Urges the City Council to appoint a committee to look into these and other questions in consideration of building an airport in Toronto.
Year: 1923
Summary: "An imaginary letter from a hypothetical correspondent" discussing reasons why the new Union Station did not yet open - the destruction of the old customs house
Summary: "An imaginary letter from a hypothetical correspondent" describing the history of negotiations between the Railway Comission and City of Toronto, which has resulted in delayed opening of New Union Station.
Year: 1924
Summary: "An imaginary letter from a hypothetical correspondent" describing the problematic situation at New Union Station and the inefficiency in the operation of three separate commissions involved: Harbour, Transportation and Hydroelectric.
Year: 1960
Summary: Suggests a dysfunctional TTC has harmed Toronto; the Bureau recommends more direct control in future.
Year: 1974
Summary: Summarizes the proceedings of a seminar sponsored by the BMR. Examines new town development and its effects on growth patterns, population, and urbanization.
Year: 1919
Summary: Public transit costs are being subsidized by taxpayer money.
Year: 1921
Summary: Compares the city of Toronto's motor fleet with other North American Cities (e.g. New York, Oakland, Winnipeg). Suggests improvements to reduce expenses and increase efficiency.
Year: 1929
Summary: A report on the Planning Commission's report for to the Municipal Government of Ontario. The report stressed that downtown planning should take precedence, and that street improvements (extensions and widening) be undertaken as a 15 year programme. Includes a survey on the last page regarding city planning has been partially filled out.
Summary: Comments from various North American cities on the service-at-cost plan for Street Railways. Asks questions about how the Railway should be administered in Toronto.
Year: 1977
Summary: Reviews and analyses various proposed uses for the Toronto Island Airport site. Examines how this issue emerged, what means have been adopted to resolve it, and what evidence is available to support other proposed uses.
Summary: Cartoon highlighting the problematic situation of transit since the new Union Station still had not opened. The issue is portrayed as a kind of tug-of-war between the "bridge champion" and the "viaduct champion" with neither side able to win a decisive victory. The government and railway board looks on with amusement, while the citizens express frustration.
Year: 1973
Summary: Argues that transportation planning must take into account social needs - such as accessibility to the elderly - and not only traffic volume.
Year: 1955
Summary: Discusses the municipal responsibility to develop public transit and the fiscal challenges it poses.
Year: 1954
Summary: Discusses planning for construction of a lakeshore expressway and issues relating to the operation of the Toronto Harbourfront.
Year: 1949
Summary: Highlights and recommendations for the city's new 30-year plan.
Year: 1951
Summary: Discusses planning for TTC funding.
Year: 1971
Summary: Describes the legal background enabling expropriation for development.
Year: 1943
Summary: Outlines general post-war construction projects and provides suggestions on how to evaluate and prioritize these projects - with considerations based on availability of labour, funds, and neccessary technology.
Summary: The bureau is sceptical about the possibility of making planning progress with the new Metroplan project. This project requires civic engagement in many different areas in the city without enough centralized and professional planning capacity - while endorsing unclear consultation models.
Summary: Analysis of the Metroplan's goal to reduce dependency on downtown Toronto and instead establish another major centre in Scarborough and North Yonge.
Year: 1922
Summary: Discusses the building of the new union station and the problematic situation at the waterfront. Chronicles discussion surrounding waterfront development from 1888-1922.
Summary: Documents shortcomings of the urban land development process and suggests that public land banking (i.e. large-scale assembly of land in advance of price inflation by urbanization) could be used in Ontario to alleviate some of these problems.
Summary: Report based on the Food For the Cities Conference, examining the issue of farmland protection in Ontario. Assesses the need for new provincial land use policies.
Year: 1966
Summary: Provides recommendations to alleviate the problems faced by expropriated owner-occupants.
Year: 1982
Summary: Discusses transportation-oriented activities in Toronto, which may weaken the concept of decentralization.