2010 Conference

The annual Rues Principales conference is a truly exceptional platform for discussion. Its guest speakers, from various organizations, share their professional experience and generate stimulating discussions, to the benefit of all participants. The theme chosen for each conference is always central to the concerns and preoccupations of the local people.

2010 Conference

THEME: Landscape your transportation!

The 23rd Annual Rues principales Foundation Conference, with the theme “Landscape your transportation!” welcomed 440 participants who discussed optimal ways of rethinking transportation in our municipalities. The day of discussion provided a platform for enhancing awareness among players involved in the revitalization of an area of the benefits of a more retrained use of vehicles in town centres and to alloting more and more space in our planning and future development to alternative modes of transportation and to pedestrians and cyclists.


A number of conclusive experiences were presented with respect to public transportation, the different transportation options and means of sharing space among users; the experiences demonstrated that these changes can be made in all our communities, from small villages to large cities.


To read the conference proceedings, click here (in French only).


The following talks and workshops made it possible to address the different topics of the day:

Conférences d'ouverture

Atelier 1: Comment rendre davantage accessible le centre de nos municipalités?

Atelier 2: Comment aménager la rue afin d'assurer une meilleure cohabitation entre les différents usagers?

Atelier 3: Comment se réapproprier la rue et en faire un espace public convivial et sécuritaire?

Atelier 4: Comment favoriser et encourager le transport en commun dans nos petites et grandes villes?

Atelier 5: Comment renforcer économiquement nos coeurs de villes et combattre l'étalement tout en laissant moins de place à la voiture et au stationnement?

Atelier 6: Comment concilier la traversée des agglomérations avec la sécurité et la qualité de vie des citoyens?


The evening banquet was an opportunity to present to a number of municipalities the prestigious Award of Excellence and Achievement Awards, offered by the Rues principales Foundation and its partners.


Introduced by the Rues principales Foundation and the Société d’Habitation du Québec, the 4 Aces of Sustainable and Concerted Development certification was newly awarded to a number of municipalities, while the certification of several other municipalities was renewed.

THE CONFERENCE PARTNERS

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Logo du Réseau des SADC du Québec                Logo du Ministère du Transport du Québec           Logo du Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation

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Capitole de Québec, September 23rd 2010

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