{"id":14827,"date":"2013-12-19T07:46:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T11:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?p=14827"},"modified":"2013-12-19T21:37:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T01:37:24","slug":"transit-first-new-column-jan-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2013\/12\/19\/transit-first-new-column-jan-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit First: New Column, Jan. 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Transit First, Spacing Atlantic&#8217;s new column on urban transportation, will launch in January 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the name implies, Transit First will be primarily about transit, but don&#8217;t be surprised if I write about a bit of everything: buses, bikes, ferries, trains, traffic, car share, pedestrians or parking. My goal is to help explain how transit investment and smart transportation choices can\u00a0 improve cities. 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Let&#8217;s get moving!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14817\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/itsmorethanbuses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14817\" alt=\"Photo: It's More than Buses\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/itsmorethanbuses-600x399.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/itsmorethanbuses-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/itsmorethanbuses-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/itsmorethanbuses-940x625.jpg 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/12\/itsmorethanbuses.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: It&#8217;s More than Buses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transit First, Spacing Atlantic&#8217;s new column on urban transportation, will launch in January 2014. 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