Transportation Needs in Haliburton County

Transportation Needs in Haliburton County

Huong Nguyen

Rural Transportation Options - Environment Haliburton

Bruce Cater and Byron Lew, Economics

TP-653

2012

Online

Haliburton County

Haliburton County has an extremely dispersed population throughout the county and many of the permanent residents live in rural areas which are far away from the town centres. Public transportation does not exist in the county and many the residents do not have access to vehicles. As a result, Haliburton residents can be left without the means to travel to run errands, attend appointments or get to work. Results from the community consultation process of the Healthy Communities Partnership Project identify transportation as one of the key challenges to a healthier Haliburton County and a “very important” priority for action. Efforts to bring transportation to rural Haliburton have been mixed so far and the need for a transportation system still needs to be addressed. The Transportation in Haliburton County Needs Assessment Survey was conducted in October of 2011. The purpose of this project is to analyze these survey data to learn more about the transportation needs and attitudes of residents. The project hopes to answer not only the question of whether there is a need of transportation in Haliburton but also to build a model to pinpoint the specific group of individuals with certain demographic locations who need transportation. For example, if people indicate lack of transportation prevent them from accessing different opportunities such as employment, health services, social activities live in a certain part of the county (geographic information), a transportation system built specifically for that specific area may help to alleviate transportation problem in Haliburton.