Title & Author:

Montréal at the crossroads : super highways, the Turcot and the environment / edited by Pierre Gauthier, Jochen Jaeger, Jason Prince.

Publication:

Montréal ; New York ; London : Black Rose Books, ©2009.

Description:

192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface : wrong road forward : the new Turcot project fails to do much to accommodate trains and other public transit / H. Aubin -- Preamble : Paris or Detroit? / J. Norquist -- Introduction : Montréal à la croisée des chemins / Pierre Gauthier, Jochen Jaeger, Jason Prince -- Introduction : Montreal at the crossroads / Pierre Gauthier, Jochen Jaeger, Jason Prince -- Montreal's dualistic transport character : why Montreal needs upgraded transit and not more high capacity roads / J. Kenworthy & C. Townsend -- A transit-oriented vision for the Turcot Interchange : making highway reconstruction compatible with sustainability / P. Brisset & J. Moorman -- What is still (very) good at Turcot / P. Sijpkes -- Turcot, un modèle mondial ou un clou dans le cercueil pour le verdissement et la diversité biologique du grand Sud-Ouest? / P. Asch -- What sort of problem is the replanning of the Turcot Interchange? / R. Fischler -- Un échangeur dans ma cour : la reconstruction de l'échangeur Turcot et la question de l'intégration urbaine / P. Gauthier -- Policy analysis for the Turcot Interchange reconstruction / E. Ghamoushi-Ramandi, J. Moorman, E. Brown, & M. Von Rudloff -- The health effects of road traffic : a brief overview / N.M. Ferguson, R.J. Moriarity, F. Gagnon & M.J. McCavour -- Trucking and the Turcot : balancing urban quality of life with the economic imperatives of truck-based freight transportation / J. Larsen -- Transportation and highways in Montreal / I. Lockwood & J. Mann -- Afterword / Pierre Gauthier, Jochen Jaeger, Jason Prince -- Postface / Pierre Gauthier, Jochen Jaeger, Jason Prince -- Appendix A. La réfection de l'échangeur Turcot : une occasion unique -- Appendix B. Appel pour la tenue d'une audience publique élargie -- Appendix C. About the contributors.
Text in English and French.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

1551643421 (pbk.)
9781551643427 (pbk.)
9781551643434 (hd. bd.)
155164343X (hd. bd.)

Subject:

City planning Québec (Province) Montréal.
Transportation Québec (Province) Montréal.
Adaptation (Biologie) Québec (Province) Montréal.
Euthénie Québec (Province) Montréal.
Hérédité et milieu Québec (Province) Montréal.
Transport Québec (Province) Montréal.
City planning
Ecology
Planning
Transportation
Échangeur Turcot (Montréal, Québec) Planning.
Montréal (Québec) Environmental conditions.
Québec Montréal
Urban planning Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 2000-2010.
Transit systems Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 2000-2010.
Highways Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 2000-2010.
Freeways Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 2000-2010.
Interchanges Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 2000-2010.

Added entries:

Gauthier, Pierre, 1963-
Prince, Jason, 1965-
Jaeger, Jochen A. G.

Super highways, the Turcot and the environment

Holdings:

Location: Library main montreal 262784
Call No.: HT169.C22 M657 2009
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available