{"id":1490,"date":"2013-07-07T21:30:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T03:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2013-07-07T21:23:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T03:23:33","slug":"when-our-cars-buy-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/07\/07\/when-our-cars-buy-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"When our cars buy stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I do recognize the important role that a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatstreets-stl.org\/content\/view\/449\/410\/\"><em>reasonable<\/em><\/a> amount of \u00a0parking plays in supporting viable retail in our complete streets, the fact remains that people buy stuff. Not cars. And until such a time comes where this changes, people are the ones that contribute to the vibrancy of our streets and the economic sustainability of our retail spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I do recognize the important role that a\u00a0reasonable amount of \u00a0parking plays in supporting viable retail in our complete streets, the fact remains that people buy stuff. Not cars. And until such a time comes where this changes, people are the ones that contribute to the vibrancy of our streets and the economic sustainability<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2013\/07\/07\/when-our-cars-buy-stuff\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;When our cars buy stuff&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8127,"featured_media":1492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_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":[20,26,27,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neighbourhoods","category-streetscape","category-traffic","category-urban-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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