{"id":10808,"date":"2011-11-09T13:07:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T17:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=10808"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:58:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:58:36","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-station-art-transportation-bills-health-care-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/11\/09\/world-wide-wednesday-station-art-transportation-bills-health-care-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Station art, transportation bills, health care savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-23635\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=23635\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"enhanced-buzz-30971-1318691303-18\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/enhanced-buzz-30971-1318691303-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><\/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 Canadian transit stations are pretty, but we just can&#8217;t compete with the likes of the Stockholm metro station pictured above which features pixel-art inspired by classic games. (<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2011\/10\/18\/subway-station-decorated-with-pixelart-inspired-by-8-bit-games.html\" target=\"_self\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<a href=\"http:\/\/epw.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Majority.PressReleases&amp;ContentRecord_id=710fd759-802a-23ad-4694-1243e7672834\">\u201cMoving Ahead for Progress in the 21st\u00a0Century\u201d<\/a>, the US federal transportation authorization bill is up for debate in the Senate. Complete streets advocates were pleased to see that the draft bill makes bicycling and walking projects eligible under the core funding program and defines \u2018road users\u2019 as including people who walk and bicycle and use public transportation, as well as people with disabilities and older adults. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.completestreets.org\/policy\/federal\/map-21-and-complete-streets\/\" target=\"_self\">CompleteStreets.org<\/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\u00a0A recent study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin quantifies the massive savings in health care costs and mortality rates estimated from a shift towards using the bicycle to run short-distance errands. Using data from 11 Midwestern cities, &#8220;they found that if the Midwesterners ran half of their short-distance errands by bike rather than by car, 1,100 deaths would be avoided each year, and $7 billion would be saved in reduced health-care costs. The trips were 2.5 miles one way; less than a 25-minute bike ride.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2011\/11\/02\/141937325\/secret-to-a-long-healthy-life-bike-to-the-store\" target=\"_self\">NPR<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0In Munich, a push to increase cycling&#8217;s modal share has been too successful &#8211; leaving cyclists demanding new space to meet the demand for facilities. Cyclists are expressing a preference for wider on-street bikelanes over the narrow cycletracks built 20-30 years ago. (<a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2011\/11\/08\/guest-dispatch-from-munich-where-cycle-tracks-have-fallen-out-of-favor-61674?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BikePortland+%28BikePortland.org%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\">BikePortland<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2011\/10\/18\/subway-station-decorated-with-pixelart-inspired-by-8-bit-games.html\" target=\"_self\">BoingBoing<\/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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. \u2022 Canadian transit stations are pretty, but we just can&#8217;t compete with the likes of the Stockholm metro station<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/11\/09\/world-wide-wednesday-station-art-transportation-bills-health-care-savings\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: Station art, transportation bills, health care savings&#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":[4828,4832,704,4831,4829,1302,4830,499,4833,370],"class_list":["post-10808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-federal-transportation-authorization-bill","tag-munich","tag-public-transportation","tag-senate","tag-transportation-bills","tag-united-states","tag-university-of-wisconsin","tag-usd","tag-wisconsin","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: Station art, transportation bills, health care savings - 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\/11\/09\/world-wide-wednesday-station-art-transportation-bills-health-care-savings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Wide Wednesday: Station art, transportation bills, health care savings - 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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