The petition also calls on the government to make permanent investments to support public transit and to establish federal funding mechanisms, while working with provincial governments to implement this national strategy.

the availability of public transport, travel planning, transport demand, traffic data and parking data to urban control centres and service providers,

The grounds for refusal relating to the relevant market should be either that the service applied for would seriously affect the viability of a comparable service operated under one or more public service contracts on the direct sections concerned or that the principal purpose of the service is not to carry passengers between stops located in different Member States.

The law covers most public contracts other than for utilities (water, transport, energy and postal services), telecommunications, service concessions (such as operating an existing car park) and certain defence and security contracts.

- A programme of prizes and exhibitions on the topic of independent living: The Commission proposes to tackle one major topic each year: housing, home services and aids in the home in 1988-1989; mobility, everyday movement and travel in 1989-1990; access to public buildings and facilities in 1990-1991, and a coherent environment - the interplay of mobility,a access and housing, plus coordinated advice and information services - i ...[+++]n 1990- 1992. - Extension and rationalization of the current programme of subsidies for European cooperation, especially activities urtaken by non-governmental organizations.

We have a summary that lists, then, seven points: direct investment in fiscal tools to carry out the FCM's quality of life infrastructure program; new, affordable housing and rental housing, with which the feds have to get involved; support for public transit, including vehicle purchase and tax-free, employer-supplied transit passes—an issue passed in principle by the House about four months ago and one on which our friends in the transit union have been working very hard—along with a rapid transit connection to Pearson airport; shift taxes to encourage environmentally friendly economic activi ...[+++]ty; create a national atmospheric fund, modelled on the highly successful Toronto Atmospheric Fund, which can be applied to both private and public sector; restore the EI program to full pre-1990 levels of qualification and benefits; and create a capital reserve fund to use during the slow periods of the construction industry cycle.