Meeting the sustainable mobility challenge: How and at what cost?

Improving public transportation and mobility in a metropolitan region as well as reducing car traffic and its environmental footprint are worthy objectives. However, building new infrastructure in an existing urban area creates major challenges for quality of life, development and the urban landscape.

How can we plan and build new infrastructure that addresses current pressures and meets future needs without destroying or distorting the city and our neighbourhoods?

Lecture presented online on Octobre 27, 2021.

Speakers

• François Pepin, President, Trajectoire Québec
• Renée Daoust, Architect and Urban Planner, Founding Partner of Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker
• Catherine Morency, Engineer and Full Professor, Polytechnique Montréal, Research Chair in Mobility

City Talks

For a 10th year, the City Talks series offers a space for thought and discussion about contemporary issues that affect Montrealers: heritage, urban planning, mobility, metropolitan realities and more.

The talks are moderated by Dinu Bumbaru, Director of Policy at Héritage Montréal.
See the program