{"id":10445,"date":"2011-09-14T12:50:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:58:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:58:37","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-safe-cities-la-bike-lanes-parking-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/09\/14\/world-wide-wednesday-safe-cities-la-bike-lanes-parking-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Safe Cities, LA Bike Lanes, Park(ing) Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-22521\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=22521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"5007775416_1ab413d922\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/5007775416_1ab413d922.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-22322\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=22322\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/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 Brent Todarian, Vancouver&#8217;s Director of City Planning, comments on the balance between liberty and security in urban design. Focusing in on the rebuilding efforts in New York, Todarian contrasts the high-security approach of Lower Manhattan with the inspirational successes of place-making elsewhere on the island. &#8220;Places that try to be totally safe tend to lack life, and usually fail as people-places,&#8221; he writes on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/51314\" target=\"_self\">Planetizen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Congratulations to Los Angeles, which last week opened 2.2 miles of new bike lanes along Catalina Avenue! Carving the lane, part of the city&#8217;s transformative bike plan, \u00a0out of \u00a0vehicle space is seen as a politically daring move in a city where the car has long been king. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-0909-bike-lane-20110910,0,2793713.story\" target=\"_self\">LA Times<\/a>)<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 Friday, September 16th is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/parkingday.org\/\" target=\"_self\">Park(ing) Day<\/a>! Last year, citizens turned 850 parking spots into parks in 183 cities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Meanwhile, New York&#8217;s Ranger Bob is working to make some of these micro-parks permanent in Chelsea. By fashioning public space out of parking spots, Bob hopes to alleviate the tension between the &#8220;affordable housing or park space&#8221; question in New York&#8217;s space-hungry neighbourhoods. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetsblog.org\/2011\/09\/13\/in-chelsea-adding-parks-to-the-street-could-free-up-room-for-housing-too\/\" target=\"_self\">Streetsblog<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lunchstreetparty\/5007775416\/in\/pool-1034110@N24\/\" target=\"_self\">Lunch Street Party<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a World Wide Wednesday worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to www@spacing.ca<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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