{"id":9694,"date":"2011-06-15T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=9694"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:58:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:58:39","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-international-streetscapes-montreal-parks-and-too-many-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/06\/15\/world-wide-wednesday-international-streetscapes-montreal-parks-and-too-many-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: International streetscapes, Montreal parks and too many bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20658\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=20658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"353404-DIY_bike_lanes\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/353404-DIY_bike_lanes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/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\u00a0Montreal artist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/24710148\" target=\"_self\">Martin Reisch<\/a>, is celebrating vintage girls in classic Montreal parks. His series of thirty second shorts showcases beautiful Montreal bands in the city&#8217;s spectacular parks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Portland, OR &#8211; famous for its cycling infrastructure and spinoff cycling industry &#8211; is the proud home of a new &#8220;bike bar&#8221;, Hopworks. The small restaurant features a variety of bike-friendly features including: a bike frame canopy, 75 bike parking spaces, bike tools and loaner u-locks. (<a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2011\/06\/14\/open-just-a-week-bikebar-on-n-williams-already-a-hit-54820?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BikePortland+%28BikePortland.org%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader \" target=\"_self\">BikePortland.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0V\u00e9lo Quebec wants to invite cars and bikes to the same venue.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.copenhagenize.com\/2011\/06\/coexistence-from-velo-quebec.html\" target=\"_self\">Copenhagenize<\/a> shares a cute video from V\u00e9lo Quebec asking if these vehicles get along so well in our garages, why not on the road?<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/popupcity.net\/2011\/06\/safety-first\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+popupcity+%28The+Pop-Up+City%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Pop-Up City<\/a> charts the progress of a number of citizen initiatives to improve safety for non-motorized road users. In Guadalaja, Mexico, a group of citizens installed their own 2.5km bike lane and documented the process. Meanwhile, in Prague, Czech artists Vladimir Turner and Ond\u0159ej Mlad\u00fd project their own bike lane off their front handlebars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Truly world wide wednesday worthy, photographer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetsoftheworld.com\/\">Jeroen Swolfs <\/a>is documenting street life in every country of the world. This week, he&#8217;s in Canada showcasing the streets of Vancouver and Ottawa.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image by Emily <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interiordesign.net\/blog\/Design_Green\/41849-DIY_Bike_Lanes_in_Mexico.php?intref=sr\" target=\"_self\"><em>Pilloton<\/em><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/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","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\u00a0Montreal artist,\u00a0Martin Reisch, is celebrating vintage girls in classic Montreal parks. His series of thirty second shorts showcases beautiful<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/06\/15\/world-wide-wednesday-international-streetscapes-montreal-parks-and-too-many-bikes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: International streetscapes, Montreal parks and too many bikes&#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":[599,4365,490,4362,4366,4364,4361,4367,382,422,880,619,4228,383,4363,370],"class_list":["post-9694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-artist","tag-bike-tools","tag-canada","tag-emily-pilloton","tag-guadalaja","tag-jeroen-swolfs","tag-martin-reisch","tag-mexico","tag-montreal","tag-ottawa","tag-photographer","tag-portland","tag-prague","tag-vancouver","tag-vladimir-turner","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: International streetscapes, Montreal parks and too many bikes - 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\/06\/15\/world-wide-wednesday-international-streetscapes-montreal-parks-and-too-many-bikes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Wide Wednesday: International streetscapes, Montreal parks and too many bikes - 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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