Toronto has strong transportation infrastructure.(Market Study: Toronto) From: Chain Drug Review | Date: June 17, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Racher Press, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

TORONTO - Toronto's network of expressways resembles that of other major North American cities. It is, however, considerably less extensive than it might have been but for a milestone decision made almost a quarter century ago. At that time the provincial government denied permission to the Toronto Metropolitan Regional Municipality to complete a major expressway cutting through the geographic center of the metropolitan area and linking its two major east-west highways.

There was a strong element of symbolism in the decision. It was intended to signal that residential ...

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