It was built below specs and has been poorly maintained. Saving on maintenance costs in the first 3 decades created full time maintenance contracts that has cost, and will cost […]
You have two major infrastructure projects, on the same highway, that include moving railroad tracks. Before you start these projects, you work out a deal with the railroad, right? Well, in yet another […]
Awesome reclamation project in Madrid, Spain, shows us once again how Turcot is shaping up as a totally blown opportunity. As cities around the world tear down elevated freeways, eliminate […]
Some good ideas here. “This morning, campers at the South Fraser Protection Camp packed up their belongings and left the site, vowing to continue the resistance to freeway building in […]
San Francisco almost forgets to mark the 20th anniversary of the demolition of of the Embarcadero Freeway. Nobody’s nostalgic for the freeway to nowhere Carl Nolte San Francisco Chronicle March […]
And the leading option among political leaders is to build an old time replacement for the freeway that runs across the city’s waterfront. “The alternative with the most momentum, backed […]
Seems to be a growing trend around the world and it’s still not too late to think about this for Montreal. New Orleans has the same problem of aging infrastructure. […]
Found this over at Treehugger. Article here.
a short documentary on the bike park under I5 in Seattle built by the Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club, music courtesy of the Blue Scholars
From CBC Drivers trying to get to and from Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport will have a smoother ride in the near future, say government officials who announced a […]
Got this from the CJAD web site. Turcot model open for public viewing Tue, 2009-06-09 04:48. David Cohen You can now see what the new ‘n improved Turcot interchange is […]
Officials from the Ministry of Transport are coming to the Village des Tanneries on *Tuesday March 3rd*. Lets get together and tell them what we REALLY think of them evicting […]
From her book, The Death And Life Of Great American Cities. As usual it is important to remember that she wrote this in 1961. “…it is understandable that men who […]
And we think Turcot is something! Here are some shots from a series posted on Dark Roasted Blend. (images credit: Ken Ohyama) (images credit: Ken Ohyama) (images credit: Ken Ohyama) […]
Article in today’s Gazette about some people living in the shadows of the Turcot Interchange and some of their suggestions on how the city would be better served by rethinking […]
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