Transportation in Canada - Driver's Licence in Canada, 5-1-1, Transport Canada, Control City, Electric Vehicle Network, Retire Your Ride (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 103. Not illustrated. Chapters: Driver's Licence in Canada, 5-1-1, Transport Canada, Control City, Electric Vehicle Network, Retire Your Ride, American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Transport 2000 Canada, Public Auto Insurance, the Romance of Transportation in Canada, Taxicabs of Canada, Office of Energy Efficiency, Registrar of Imported Vehicles, Canpass, Canadian Urban Transit Association, Western Transportation Advisory Council, International Registration Plan. Excerpt: Canada is a developed country whose economy includes the extraction and export of raw materials from its large area. Because of this, it has a transportation system which includes more than 1,400,000 kilometres (870,000 mi) of roads, 10 major international airports, 300 smaller airports, 72,093 km (44,797 mi) of functioning railway track, and more than 300 commercial ports and harbours that provide access to the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans as well as the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. In 2005, the transportation sector made up 4.2% of Canada's GDP, compared to 3.7% for Canada's mining and oil and gas extraction industries. Transport Canada oversees and regulates most aspects of transportation within Canadian jurisdiction. Transport Canada is under the direction of the federal government's Minister of Transport. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is responsible for maintaining transportation safety in Canada by investigating accidents and making safety recommendations. The Trans-Canada highway in Chilliwack, BCThere is a total of 1,042,300 km (647,700 mi) of road in Canada, of which 413,600 km (257,000 mi) are paved, including 17,000 km (11,000 mi) of expressways). As of 2006, 626,700 km (389,400 mi) were unpaved. In 2006, there were 19,499,843 road vehicles registered in Canada, of which 96.1% were vehicles under 4.5 ton...