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Recycling in Montreal

September 7, 2019by neath Leave a comment

What actually happens to recycling in Montreal? Post the same question in reference to where you live!! Let’s find out what everyone believes and if that differs from what actually […]

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Montreal, Photographs, Pipeline, Urban

Raiding an Old Dormant Blog

May 28, 2013by neath Leave a comment

In case anyone is wondering, I have been reposting some old posts that I still like from an old blog of mine that never quite got going as planned. Time […]

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Amusement Parks, Blogging

Transport Quebec warns motorists: stay away from Turcot Interchange this weekend

April 19, 2013by neath Leave a comment

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 […]

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freeway, Government Spending, Infrastructure, Overpasses

Goverment Talking Corruption Free Turcot

April 11, 2013by neath Leave a comment

To say I am behind the times on Turcot would be an understatement.  Seems I have drifted into focusing a lot of my online attention into relaying the ongoing tragedy […]

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City Hall, Corruption, Infrastructure

The R4 SustainabiliTEA! Public Consultation on Waste at Concordia Public Event

October 9, 2012by neath Leave a comment

Thursday, October 18 4pm – 6pm Library Building Atrium, Concordia SGW Campus Join us for the first sustainabiliTEA of the year!!!!! The SustainabiliTEA is a monthly event organized by the […]

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Community, Sustainability

Good News Day For Turcot

October 3, 2012by neath 2 Comments

I have been saying for few years now that Pierre Brisset should be given the keys to the city for his commitment to transportation infrastructure in Montreal. Interesting Gazette article […]

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Parti Quebecois, Turcot

Montreal’s Threatened Heritage

April 10, 2012by neath Leave a comment

Thanks to Derek at Mobilisation Turcot.

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Heritage, Montreal

Portland’s Freight Bikes

March 6, 2012by neath Leave a comment

  February 28, 2012 | 2:31 PM | By Cassandra Profita In Portland: Can Freight Bikes Replace Trucks? Portland’s B-Line delivery service is pedaling past bicycle couriers into a world where bikes can actually […]

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Bikes, Oregon

Alternative Turcot Nominated For Wan Award

September 7, 2011by neath Leave a comment

Groupe en Recherche Urbaine design major revamp of the Turcot multimodal interchange As aging infrastructures reach the end their useful life, major cities worldwide are tearing down high maintenance and […]

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Urban

Turcot – June 4th

May 24, 2011by neath Leave a comment

Samedi 4 juin à 15h, au métro Laurier. Habillez-vous « 50’s » pour dénoncer la vision archaïque du Ministère des Transports et venez marcher pour un Turcot moins rétro de […]

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Turcot

Make Bixi A Free Program!

May 21, 2011by neath 5 Comments

That’s right, free! How many usable bikes can you buy for 100 million? We are blowing it here, folks! Turn it into a non profit essential services type of thing, […]

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Bicyles, Montreal

Complete Streets: It’s About More Than Bike Lanes

May 11, 2011by neath 1 Comment

From Streetfilms

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Activism, Bicyles, Bike Paths, New York City, Public Transportation

South Fraser Protection Camp – Salmon or Freeway?

May 6, 2011by neath Leave a comment

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 […]

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Activism, Community, freeway, Vancouver

Smart Green Infrastructure: How To Grow Sustainable Cities

May 6, 2011by neath 3 Comments

If they can rehabilitate Los Angeles anything is possible. In Canada we are blessed with some of the largest fresh watersheds on the planet. The Quebec government recently announced it […]

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water

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January 2, 2011by neath Leave a comment

“According to its Wikipedia entry, 22 percent of Paducah’s population was living below the poverty line as of 2000, including 34 percent of those under age 18. Those numbers have […]

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