In a city rich in culture and history, where people is proud of its past and respectful of its environment, the challenge is to take its essence and transform it into something even better.
"Québec re.dé.couverte" is a set of strategies presented as a flexible framework that allows the city to use its urban strengths by reconsidering their relationships between each other. Taking the waterways as starting point, these strategies aim to develop a multilayered network that provoke new ways to explore and practice the urban and natural realms. Three main strategies with repercussions at a miso, meso and macro urban scales are proposed.
Network nodes: based on the unmistakable Québécois icon of the covered bridges (pont couvert) a network of focal points along the rivers concentrates activities and administrates the intensity of use. This new "ponts redécouverts" help to organize the introduced activities in an efficient way and channelize and distribute people avoiding conflicts with different land uses.
The nodes on the network of "ponts redécouverts" can be assigned in relation to the surrounding attractions and can be shaped following very specific programs. The result is a series of independent elements connected to a bigger network providing local reference and identity.
Reverse attraction: the city is splashed with multiple destinations, institutions and services that once localized can be connected through the nearest waterways promoting a constant flow of users.
One of the main detected problems is the lack of accessibility and the underuse of the waterways. The best pretext to visit the rivers more frequently is to make them part of the daily commuting time.
Connected system: at a macro level the city owns an infrastructure system that could work as an multilayered network that includes old railways, fragmented green areas and underused waterways.
- Land connections. (Shared tracks) The railway system used by freight carriers can be adapted for shared use allowing local operators to run passenger trams connecting the main four rivers and the key destinations along their tracks. In this way the city can impulse its current bus program and pursue its plans to bring the P'tits Chars back again without the high expenses.
- Water connections. (Water bus) Saint Lawrence River is the natural connection between the main four rivers of the city. A water bus service, both for locals and tourist, can be adapted in the north riverbank with a system of stops that allows users to transfer smoothly from the waterway to land transit.
- Green connections. (Eco-lanes) Many streets of the urban fabric can be transformed into an eco-friendly transit approach. Starting from the rivers, a green network can be extended throughout the city linking existing green areas and waterways. Some lanes can be entirely devoted for wild life corridors while others can focus on a nature immersive pedestrian and bike transit experience. Bioswales, riparian buffers and native plant communities can be part of the strategy.
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