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PLEASE DO NOT EDIT ANY OF THE FOLLOWINGS. This sub page is dedicated to Smcafirst's experiment at Wikipedia, and this page, he believes, will make Wikipedia a much better community.

New Signature

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--Smcafirst or NickSignChit-ChatI give at 23:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

What is {{atn}}?

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Wow, it looks pretty good. I'll put it on my talk page.

Can charts have headings too?

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City Population Area
A Regional Municipality
B Town 40 910 907 15217 km²
No, it can't. What a disappointment.

Can these direction charts has south-west too?

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Castlemore Avenue Reminder

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Hey Smcafirst,

Remember you have an article at User:Smcafirst/Sandbox/Castlemore Avenue? Edit it now!

You are talking to yourself, Smcafirst at 22:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Draft of Dufferin County

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Coat of arms/
Logo
(If any)
Official Name Motto (If any) Area (km²) Area Rank
(Out of 8)
Population Population Rank
(Out of 8)
Density per km² Major Communities Additional Notes
Town of Orangeville Historic Charm, Dynamic Future. 15.7 km² 30 343
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1621.5/km² Seat of Dufferin County.
Township of Mono The head of headwaters. 277.77 km² 6 922
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24.9/km²
  • Mono Mills
  • Mono Centre
Town of Shelburne A people place - A change of pace. 4.54 km² (Est. 2005) 4 200
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908.2/km²
Township of Amaranth 264.52 km² 3 770
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14.3/km²
  • Laurel
Township of Mulmur 286.73 km² 3 099
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10.8/km²
  • Terra Nova
Township of East Luther-Grand Valley Nature's playground. 158.2 km² 2 842
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17.96/km²

"Women on the run" Article Rough Copy

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Women on the run
(窈窕熟女)
GenreModern Drama
StarringNatalis Chan
Christine Ng
Joyce Tang
Kingdom Yuen
Belinda Hemmet
Siu-Cheung Louie Yuen
Opening theme"Her Decision" (她的
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes22
Production
Running timeAbout 19 Hours (25 episodes at 45 minutes each)
Original release
NetworkTelevision Broadcasts Limited
ReleaseApril 17,2006 –
May 14,2006
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Simcoe County Road Navigational Template

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Markham Public Libraries Draft

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Markham Public Libraries (MPL)
Motto: A World of Information and Inspiration
LocationMarkham, Ontario
Branches6
Collection
SizeApproximately 500,000 [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Access and use
Population served261,573 [7]
Other information
DirectorCatherine Bliss, CEO
WebsiteMarkham Public Libraries

Markham Public Libraries (MPL) is a library system operated by the Town of Markham's municipal government. There are 6 branches spreading throughout the town, servicing about 250,000 residents in Markham.[8] The libraries are managed by the Administration Centre, located at 6031 Highway 7.

Administrator of MPL

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The administrative of the MPL is broken down by several categories:

  • Chief Executive Officer - Catherine Bliss
  • Service Excellence Director - Moe Hosseini-Ara
  • Administrative & Operational Support Director - Larry Pogue
  • Library Strategy and Innovation Director - Deborah Walker
  • Marketing and Programming Strategist - Diane Macklin

Membership

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People who work, live, or go to a school in York Region, or part of a the York Public Libraries Network (YPLN) may apply a free membership. Otherwise, a $30 fee will apply.[9] A temporary library card is issued for the first 21 days. During this period, the member could only borrow a maximum of 3 books. After a proper library card is issued, the membership continues for 30 years. During this period of 30 years, the member could use the service offered by the Markham Public Libraries.[10]

Services

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Like many other libraries across Ontario, the Markham Public Libraries allow members to borrow books and other medias.

Borrowing Privileges

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Item Types Loan Period Renewals Late Return Fines
Books, talking books, music CD-DA,
Children's Kits, Watt Readers [11]
21 days 3 renewals (with no holds by other members) $0.25 per day, up to a maximum of $6
CD-ROM (Software),Video, Cassettes, DVDs [11] 7 days 3 renewals (with no holds by other members) $2 per day, up to a maximum of $10
Fast Track [11] 7 days No renewals allowed $2 per day, up to a maximum of $10
Magazines [11] 21 days No renewals allowed N/A

Other than borrowing books and medias, members could also use the following services:[12]

  • Placing 50 holds per one membership account
  • Interlibrary loan service
  • Taking out 100 books per one membership account
  • One hour internet access per day per membership account
  • Use the Lunaweb, and electric database for research
  • Renting meeting rooms
  • WiFi Internet
  • TeleCirc Telephone Library Service
  • Photocopying
  • One hour of Microsoft Office and Library Catalogue access per day per membership account

Branches

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Branch Location Collection Size Library Manager
Angus Glen Library [1] 3990 Major MacKenzie Drive 157,434 (The largest in all of Markham) Judi McCallum
Markham Village Library [2] 6041 Highway 7 N/A (Library only use for temporary storage of new books, since the actual library itself is undergoing a renovation) Amy McCaughlin
Milliken Mills Library [3] Unit 1, 7600 Kennedy Road Approximately 80,000 Yolanda Chan
Thornhill Community Library [4] 7755 Bayview Avenue 132,000 Aleksandra Dowiat-Vine
Thornhill Village Library [5] 10 Colborne Street 30,000 Aleksandra Dowiat-Vine
Unionville Library [6] 15 Library Lane 100,000 Patrick Pan

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Angus Glen Library Fact Sheet". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  2. ^ a b "Markham Village Library Factsheet". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  3. ^ a b "Milliken Mills Library Factsheet". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  4. ^ a b "Thornhill Community Library Factsheet". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  5. ^ a b "Thornhill Village Library Factsheet". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  6. ^ a b "Unionville Library Factsheet". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  7. ^ "Community highlights for Markham". 2006 Community Profiles. Statistics Canada. 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-08-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Contact MPL". Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  9. ^ "Membership of MPL". Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  10. ^ "Library Cards of MPL". Retrieved 2007-08-03.
  11. ^ a b c d "Borrowing Service". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  12. ^ "Adult Services". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
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Draft of Transportation in Markham

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The Town of Markham offers a complex transportation infrastructure. These include airports, highways, public transit, regional roads, municipality-funded roads, and train services.

Buttonville Airport, looking from above.
One of the training planes.
Markham Airport, looking from above.

Due to Markham's proximity to Toronto, Markham residents uses the Toronto Pearson International Airport in order to travel to various international destinations. However, the Town of Markham itself does provide a local alternative to airports.

There are 2 airports in Markham, operated by 2 different operator. The 2 airports are Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport and Toronto/Markham Airport. Their names are signed under Toronto because of Markham's proximity to Toronto, and are some of the alternative ways for air travelling for residents in Toronto.

Operated by Toronto Airways Limited, the Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport is the Canada's 8th busiest airport by aircraft movement in 2006.[1] The airport is located at the town's west end, at 16th Avenue and Highway 404.

The Buttonville Municipal Airport is privately owned, and that is until the license expires in 2010. The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) plans to cease the airport operation in 2011.[2] By then, Markham residents will use the nearby Pickering Airport in Pickering.

The Buttonville Municipal Airport currently offers domestic airlines, and flights for United States destinations. Operators of the airport include NexJet Aviation Inc, Million Air, Executive Edge Air Charter, Aviation Limited, Canadian Flyers International. The airport also offers flight school hosted by the Seneca Community College.

The Toronto/Markham Airport is located at the northeastern end of the town, at Highway 48 and 19th Avenue, also serve the town. It is hosted privately by Markham Airport Incorporated. The airport might disappear when the nearby Pickering Airport is completed its construction, or it will serve as a re-location for the Buttonville Airport.

There is only one heliport in Markham. The Toronto/Markham Stouffville heliport, is located on the roof of the Markham-Stouffville Hospital in the eastern end of town, at Highway 7 and Bur Oak Avenue. The heliport is privately owned, shared between Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville, a relatively smaller town (in terms of population) to the north of Markham.

Cycling

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Pavement marked a lane
Cyclists and motorists share a lane.
Pavement unmarked

Markham designated almost 400 km as "Cycling devoted routes", as part of the town's Master Cycling Plan.[3] There are 3 signs showing the route is designated for cyclists. The first one, with the diamond shape, and a bicycle, is an exclusive bicycle lane for cyclists. Roads that are designated with this, such as Castlemore Avenue, is marked with an extra lane on the pavement, and one of them is for cyclists.

The second sign is a green sign with a bicycle on top, and is the most frequent sign across Markham. Roads that are designated with this, such as Carlton Road, has no specially marked bicycle lane, but other lanes are wide enough that motorists and cyclists do not have to share a lane.

The third sign is the most rare of all, with a car on the left side, a cyclist on the right , and a sign saying "Share the road". This sign is designated to busy roads, and is narrow enough that motorists and cyclists have to share a lane.

Bicycle lanes are also designated in some of the town's parks.

The Town of Markham proposed a final draft of the "Cycling Master Plan" in 2007.[4] The plan would be put in place in the next 15 years. The plan includes designating various major municipal roads into the following categories:

  • Signed-Only Routes : On-road bicycle routes denoted strictly with bicycle route signs with no other physical changes to the roadway geometry. Users share the pavement with motor vehicles. There are no special lane designations.
  • Bike Lanes and Paved Shoulder Bikeways : Facilities located in the traveled portion of the roadway and designed for one-way cyclist traffic. Bike lanes are typically located on urban streets with curbs, and paved shoulders are typically used to accommodate cyclists on rural cycling routes where no curbs exist.
  • Multi-Use Trails : Facilities that are completely separate from the traveled portion of a roadway. They may take the form of a boulevard trail in a public road right-of-way or greenway / hydro corridor. The proposed cycling network will expand on the spine network developed as part of the first phase this study and is intended to provide access to existing and proposed utilitarian and recreational cycling routes and trail systems in the Town of Markham and adjacent municipalities.

Public Transport

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Public Transport

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Within the Town of Markham, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Viva (a type of bus rapid transit), and York Region Transit (YRT) offers public transit services for the local residents. Since 1973, Markham has been providing a public transit of its own, namely Markham Transit, and was funded by the municipal government. In 2001, the York Regional government "merged" the Markham Transit with 4 other municipal-managed transit systems to form York Region Transit. In 2005, York Region Transit launched Viva, which operated in parts of Markham on Yonge Street and Highway 7.

Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)

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thumb|150px|right|Toronto Transit Commission's logo.

Toronto Transit Commission operates the Orion VII LF buses.

Due to Markham's proximity to Toronto, some bus routes in Markham are operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). They are called the "TTC contracted routes operating within York Region". These buses all connect to subway or RT stations in Toronto, and thus help to connect Markham (or the whole York Region) with Toronto.

There are a total of 8 TTC contracted bus routes operating within Markham (that is 47% of all 17 TTC routes operating in York Region). There is a special fare policy to go with this special contracted bus program. If a passenger boarded a TTC contracted bus route in York Region, and only travel within York Region, the passenger must pay according to the YRT's fare policy. The passenger is entitle for another free ride of other York Region Transit/Viva operated bus routes, or TTC contracted bus routes (and that is, if the passenger does not travel into Toronto). If a passenger boarded a TTC contracted bus route in York Region and travel into Toronto, the passenger must pay an extra fare (YRT's fare and TTC's fare). The passenger is entitle for a free ride on the subway or RT or streetcars, or TTC bus routes operating within Toronto. If the passenger enters York Region again, he or she must pay another fare for the YRT.

York Region Transit (YRT)

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thumb|150px|right|YRT Logo.

A YRT bus.

A merged system of Markham Transit and 4 other municipal-managed transit systems, forming York Region Transit in 2001. The York Region Transit is now serving all over Markham with over 40 routes. The system operating system operates in a grid-like system. Most of its bus routes are operating on the main routes throughout Markham, which is laid in a grid-like system. Transfers between bus routes are available at major intersections. Passengers are required to pay a flat fee of $2.75, no matter of age. Unlike travelling on TTC contracted routes, travelling on the YRT and entering Toronto does not require an extra fee. The York Region Transit allows Markham residents to travel around York Region, Toronto, Brampton (YRT Route#77 travels to Bramalea City Centre), and Hamilton (YRT connects to GO shuttle)

Other than that, YRT offers 4 express routes (80% of 5 YRT express routes -- not counting the Bayview Express, which is scheduled to be discontinued in September 2007). The express travels on higher speed limit roads, such as Highway 407. The express routes include # 300 (Business Express), 301 (Markham Express), 302 (Unionville Express), and 303 (Cornell Express). All of the express routes connects to GO Finch Bus Terminal.

YRT hosts 2 major terminals in Markham : Unionville GO Terminal and Markham-Stouffville Hospital Bus Terminal.

Viva

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File:Used-viva-ticket.jpg
A used Viva/YRT ticket.
A Viva bus.
A Vivastation.
Viva's route map. Click to enlarge.

Due to the increase congestion on York Region's roads, the York Region Transit launched a bus rapid transit (BRT) on September 4, 2005 at 9am EDT, and named it Viva, meaning "praised by everyone" in Italian. Unlike YRT, viva only stops at Vivastation, an especially designed station which incorporate a ticket vending machine and a ticket validator (fares are on a proof-of-payment basis to speed up boarding times), as well as a real-time "smart" display that notify passengers when the next vehicle is expected to depart. Most Vivastations are blue, but several stops on Yonge Street have a unique bronze design referred to as "vivavintage" in order to better suit the historic areas, especially along Yonge Street in Thornhill, where space is short, and will be served by miniature "vivamicro" stations. Passengers must pay the YRT's fare policy.

It is the brand name for the York Region Rapid Transit Plan, and was funded through a Public-Private Partnership (P3) consortium called the York Region Rapid Transit Corporation. York Region has control over all fares and service planning. Viva service is integrated with York Region Transit's conventional transit service and operated as one regional transit system (1system) that enables customers to travel across the Region.

The system was opened to public in 4 stages. The second phase was opened on October 16, 2005, the third phase was opened on November 20, 2005, and the first part of the fourth phase was opened on January 2, 2006 (the Cornell extension is the second part of Phase 4).

There are 4 viva lines operating within Markham (80% of Viva lines operating within York Region): Viva Blue (on Yonge Street), Viva Purple (on Highway 7), Viva Green, and Viva Pink (an alternative to Viva Blue at peak-hours).

All of the Viva bus lines operate in the south zone of the Viva transit system. Viva bus lines operate using Van Hool blue buses. The Viva buses are given with priorities of traffic signals, meaning that the bus driver could "adjust" the traffic lights when the bus are behind schedule due to a traffic congestion. This significantly improve the efficiency of the viva bus. Buses are operated 18 hours a day, 7 days per week, and 365 days a year. Bus frequency ranges from 5 minutes to 15 minutes.

In the future, viva would be upgraded to an elevated rail, connected to the Toronto's subway system. Viva is also considering extending its route into the fast-growing community of Cornell in eastern Markham.

Roads

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In terms of road systems, Markham is strongly influenced by its southernly neighbour, Toronto. Like Toronto, Markham inherits a grid-like road network, funded by 3 different levels of government. The government of Ontario funds the provincial highways across the town; the government of York Region funds most of its arterial and main routes throughout the town; and the government of Markham funds all local routes, and some arterial routes.

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Roads in Toronto list

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Road name East End West End Length (km) Additional notes
Queen's Quay Parliament Street Stadium Road 3.4
Gardiner Expressway Don Valley Parkway Mississauga / Toronto Boundary 18.7 Municipal-funded expressway, formerly Highway 2 and QEW
Lake Shore Boulevard Woodbine Avenue Mississauga / Toronto Boundary 23.7
Front Street Bayview Avenue Bathurst Street 4.3 Historically the shoreline of Lake Ontario; served as Toronto's 1st concession.
King Street Queen Street East Queensway / Roncesvalles Avenue 7.8
Adelaide Street Eastern Avenue Shaw Street 5.2 One-way since 1958.