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TranspoCamp & Hackathon, Centre for Sustainable Development, Montreal
The 2011 Montreal TranspoCamp & Hackathon is an open forum (unconference) day that brings together:
Événement - 6 décembre 2011 - Tag : Active transportation, Land use, Partners Activities, Public transit, Transportation Cocktail campaign
From Russia to Montreal: Why how we "occupy" our land matters
By Steven Guilbeault, cofounder and deputy executive director of Equiterre For several weeks now, the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC), which includes the island of Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and the North Shore, has been holding consultations on its first ever proposal for a land use and development plan (PMAD). Some question whether Greater Montreal really needs a...
Actualité - 31 octobre 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Farmland, Land use, Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC)
New land-use and development plan for Greater Montreal: a step in the right direction, but not far enough
Boisbriand, October 13, 2011 – Equiterre presented a brief at a North Shore hearing on the MMC's proposed Metropolitan Land Use and Development Plan (PMAD), expressing concern that the plan, which is expected to come into effect in January 2012, does not do enough to (1) promote public transit and (2) protect farmland on the outskirts of our city. 
Communiqué - 17 octobre 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Farmland, Land use, Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC)
Amendments to the Act respecting land use planning and development - Legal and practical reforms
Quebec City, May 12, 2011 - As part of the general consultation on the Sustainable Regional and Local Land Use Planning draft bill, Vivre en Ville, Equiterre, the Regroupement national des conseils régionaux de l’environnement (RNCREQ) and the David Suzuki Foundation are calling for a real reform of land management practices. The future law will guide land use and...
Communiqué - 17 mai 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, David Suzuki Foundation, Land use, RNCREQ, Vivre en Ville
Rethinking transportation and land-use planning
Equiterre and Vivre en Ville offer multiple solutions for land-use planning and passenger transport development in their new report, Changer de direction.*
Actualité - 9 mai 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Land use, Public transit
Rethinking transportation and land use: Equiterre and Vivre en Ville invite the Quebec government to jump into the 21st century
Montreal, May 5, 2011 – Equiterre and Vivre en Ville present a forward-thinking vision for passenger transport and land-use planning as Quebec revisits such aspects of its transportation strategy as the Act respecting land use planning and development, the 2013-2020 Climate Change Action Plan and the strategy for the electrification of transport.
Communiqué - 9 mai 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, Land use, Public transit
Turcot watchdog group urges Quebec to keep its promises
Last week, Montreal city council approved provincial plans to rebuild the Turcot interchange, the elevated roadway connecting Highways 15, 20 and 720 west of downtown.
Actualité - 31 janvier 2011 - Tag : Advocacy, City of Montreal, Land use, Transports Québec
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