The goods movement industry is essential to the economy of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), a region that is often referred to as the engine of the national economy.

Congestion in the region drains billions of dollars every year in the form of delays and fuel consumption. Future population and employment growth will cause greater delays if opportunities for improvement to the transportation network in the region, including the movement of goods, are not identified and acted upon. Actions to coordinate goods movement and passenger movement now will secure the long term economic future of the goods movement industry in the GTHA, while preserving the region’s quality of life and natural environment.

The Big Move, the Regional Transportation Plan, identifies nine priority actions that will have the largest and most transformational impacts on the GTHA’s transportation system. One of them was to develop a comprehensive strategy for goods movement. The Metrolinx GTHA Urban Freight Study begins to address the strategy development with a focus on intra-regional goods movement.

Information on the Metrolinx GTHA Urban Freight Study