{"id":10262,"date":"2011-08-24T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=10262"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:58:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:58:37","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-bike-lights-car-decline-rail-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/08\/24\/world-wide-wednesday-bike-lights-car-decline-rail-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Bike lights, car decline, rail lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/27280439\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20180\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=20180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/feature-world-wednesday1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It&#8217;s time for a bike light revolution! Or so say the inventors of Revolight &#8211; a bike light which mounts directly to the wheel rims for a sleek and safe design. The team is currently seeking funding on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/revolights\/revolights-join-the-revolution\" target=\"_self\">Kickstarter<\/a> to further refine their prototype.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0A report out last week from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/papers\/2011\/0818_transportation_tomer_puentes.aspx\" target=\"_self\">Brookings Institute<\/a> notes a new trend in American urban life\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; 10% of households in the largest US cities do not have access to a private vehicle. Fred Pearce at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21128255.600-the-end-of-the-road-for-motormania.html?full=true\" target=\"_self\">New Scientist<\/a> points to economic challenges, demographic shifts, a change in our approach to work and the embrace of a culture of urbanism as reasons why vehicle-km have declined across the west.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0High-speed rail could be a lifeline for Buffalo. A recent plan to develop the network in Western New York offers the possibility of improved economic integration with the Greater Golden Horseshoe, faster travel times, and a revitalized downtown area. But according to Ian Carlino at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/artvoice.com\/issues\/v10n33\/the_missing_link\" target=\"_self\">Artvoice<\/a>, Buffalo&#8217;s perception of itself as a car-town could derail these plans. \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisbigcity.net\/five-cities-with-congestion-pricing\/\" target=\"_self\">This Big City<\/a> offers a round-up of five cities that have tried congestion pricing: Singapore, London, San Diego, Stockholm and Milan. What works, what doesn&#8217;t and what does it take to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0In Fort Bragg, California, a history of chucking trash off of cliffs left the town with a toxic legacy. But the waste disposal strategy also created Glass Beach, an unofficial tourist attraction where smoothed shards of glass have settled to make a multicoloured stone beach. (<a href=\"http:\/\/thisiscolossal.com\/2011\/08\/glass-beach\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+colossal+%28Colossal%29\" target=\"_self\">Colossal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Video from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/27280439\" target=\"_self\"><em>Revolights<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Do you have a World Wide Wednesday worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? 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Or so say the inventors of Revolight &#8211; a bike light<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/08\/24\/world-wide-wednesday-bike-lights-car-decline-rail-lines\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: Bike lights, car decline, rail lines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5864],"tags":[4266,1461,2874,4619,4618,4617,4610,4616,4611,4615,671,4612,4614,4613,2732,3853,723,1302,4620,370],"class_list":["post-10262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-brookings-institute","tag-buffalo","tag-california","tag-car-decline","tag-car-town","tag-faster-travel-times","tag-fred-pearce","tag-glass-beach","tag-ian-carlino","tag-its-time","tag-london","tag-milan","tag-new-scientist","tag-san-diego","tag-scientist","tag-singapore","tag-stockholm","tag-united-states","tag-western-new-york","tag-world-wide-wednesday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Wide Wednesday: Bike lights, car decline, rail lines - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/08\/24\/world-wide-wednesday-bike-lights-car-decline-rail-lines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Wide Wednesday: Bike lights, car decline, rail lines - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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