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L.A.’s Famous Four-Level Freeway Interchange, ‘The Stack,’ Turns 58

September 23, 2013by neath Leave a comment

by Nathan Masters on September 22, 2011 3:00 PM Fifty-eight years ago today, the Four Level interchange first opened to traffic. This iconic concrete ribbon that binds the 101 and […]

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Heritage, History, Interchange, Photographs

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

Josef Hoflehner – Jet Airliner

December 18, 2012by neath 2 Comments

Josef Hoflehner – Jet Airliner

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Art, Photography

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

Turcot Work Under Way

October 10, 2011by neath Leave a comment

Photo: Dave Sidaway, The Gazette And so the sad stupid story of Turcot goes into the next phase – a bad plan that will make some people a pretty good […]

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Construction, Turcot

Charest Continues Cover Up Of Corruption

September 19, 2011by neath Leave a comment

(might be my most tabloidish headline yet 🙂 ) Jean Charest rejects demands for collusion inquiry by Andy Riga MONTREAL – He has not read the report and he’s not […]

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Corruption

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 Foes Vow To Fight!!!

April 27, 2011by neath Leave a comment

Anyone who has been following this since 2007 knows Turcot is a disaster waiting to happen, but the fight ain’t over, folks! Turcot foes vow to fight By James Mennie, […]

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Turcot

Could Turcot Be Part Of The Grid?

February 21, 2011by neath Leave a comment

Found this article over at Jim’s Bike Blog that discusses turning highways into solar panels that provide electricity for everyone. Story here. “We can’t keep building asphalt roads, doing the […]

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transportation

Quebec Will Reconfigure Decarie Circle

November 3, 2010by neath Leave a comment

Réaménagement de la partie nord de l’échangeur Décarie – DES TRAVAUX POUR RÉPONDRE AUX BESOINS D’AUJOURD’HUI ET DE DEMAIN : Portail Québec : site officiel du gouvernement du Québec. Sounds […]

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Infrastructure, transportation

4 Years Ago Today Concorde Overpass Fell

October 1, 2010by neath 1 Comment

Sorry, but I didnt get this till late… Dear fans of Sexy béton, Today is the 4th anniversary of the collapse of the de la Concorde overpass. On this day, […]

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Infrastructure, Quebec

Dorval Circle May Be Delayed Until 2016!

September 26, 2010by neath Leave a comment

Not usually the I told you so type, but this mess was just so predictable. When it comes to any transportation project in Montreal the left hand and the right […]

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Collapse, transportation, Whales

AMT Needs Management Overhaul

February 17, 2009by neath Leave a comment

This page at the Gazette has a bunch of stories about commuter travel in Montreal and, for the most part, it is just not a pretty sight. Train delays, overcrowding […]

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Public Transportation

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