{"id":5631,"date":"2014-12-28T19:01:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T02:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2014-12-28T19:01:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T02:01:32","slug":"edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 22 \u2013 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Season&#8217;s Greetings\u00a0everyone and a Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/1246654\/future-of-smartfare-on-edmonton-transit-dependent-on-provincial-budget\/\">Future of smartfare on Edmonton transit dependent on provincial budget<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/1245585\/winter-cycling-demand-largest-for-local-conference%E2%80%A8-in-edmonton\/\">Winter cycling demand largest for local conference in Edmonton<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/1744689\/free-uber-rides-end-in-edmonton-at-midnight\/\">Mayor Don Iveson expects &#8220;tidal wave of change&#8221; to taxi industry regulations in light of Uber<\/a>\u00a0[Global News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/1247067\/uber-in-edmonton-taxi-drivers-notice-customer-decrease-in-rideshares-first-weekend\/\">Uber in Edmonton: Taxi drivers notice customer decrease in rideshare\u2019s first weekend<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/news\/local-news\/transportation-planning-in-2015-to-focus-on-pedestrians\">CALGARY: Transportation planning in 2015 to focus on pedestrians<\/a>\u00a0[Calgary Herald]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LOCAL NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.theglobeandmail.com\/globe-debate\/why-edmonton-because-its-a-bizarrely-innovative-and-co-operative-think-tank\/article22217569\/\">Why Edmonton? Because it\u2019s a bizarrely innovative \u2013 and co-operative \u2013 think tank<\/a>\u00a0[Globe and Mail]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/news\/edmonton\/Simons+Newsmakers+noisemakers+artists+athletes\/10682673\/story.html\">Simons: Newsmakers and noisemakers, artists, athletes, and activists: A look at who made headlines in 2014<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/entertainment\/Signature+moments+Edmonton+2014+visual+arts+scene\/10682387\/story.html\">Signature moments in Edmonton\u2019s 2014 visual arts scene<\/a>\u00a0[Edmonton Journal]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/1245592\/yeglongnight-helping-to-understand-edmontons-social-media-community-researcher\/\">#Yeglongnight helping to understand Edmonton\u2019s social media community: researcher<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/news\/edmonton\/1245572\/edmontons-mayor-don-iveson-pushes-for-elimination-of-provincial-flat-tax\/\">Edmonton\u2019s Mayor Don Iveson pushes for elimination of provincial flat tax<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/metronews.ca\/voices\/footnotes\/1242410\/5-new-years-resolutions-edmonton-should-get-behind\/\">5 New Year\u2019s resolutions Edmonton should get behind<\/a>\u00a0[Metro News]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0CURIOSITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winterstations.com\/submissions.php\">Neat compilation of submissions for designing winter stations<\/a>\u00a0[Winter Stations]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/citymuseumedmonton.ca\/2014\/12\/23\/modern-times-christmas-shopping-in-edmonton-100-years-ago\/\">Modern Times: Christmas Shopping in Edmonton 100 years ago<\/a>\u00a0[ECAMP]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2014\/dec\/22\/the-smartest-cities-rely-on-citizen-cunning-and-unglamorous-technology\">The smartest cities rely on citizen cunning and unglamorous technology<\/a>\u00a0[Guardian]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journalmetro.com\/dossiers\/25-projets-qui-ont-fait-rayonner-montreal-en-2014\/\">25 urban projects that made Montreal shine in 2014 (link in French)<\/a>\u00a0[Journal Metro]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/w9lk7oJKsR\/\">Had a chance to check out this map<\/a> made by <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/author\/jasonpfeifer\/\">Jason Pfeifer<\/a> on Jasper Ave?\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/coffee.bureau\/\">@coffee.bureau<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season&#8217;s Greetings\u00a0everyone and a Happy New Year! TRANSPORT Future of smartfare on Edmonton transit dependent on provincial budget\u00a0[Metro News] Winter cycling demand largest for local conference in Edmonton\u00a0[Metro News] Mayor Don Iveson expects &#8220;tidal wave of change&#8221; to taxi industry regulations in light of Uber\u00a0[Global News] Uber in Edmonton: Taxi drivers notice customer decrease in<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 22 \u2013 28&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8111,"featured_media":5635,"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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 22 \u2013 28 - Spacing Edmonton<\/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\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Giang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/\",\"name\":\"Edmonton urbanism headlines: December 22 \u2013 28 - Spacing Edmonton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/daae1d48a31d502879432fb788aefef7d8279bed.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-29T02:01:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/#\/schema\/person\/5c568d4ad3a9e6a81f55f1a6b7e94b5f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/2014\/12\/28\/edmonton-urbanism-headlines-december-22-28\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/daae1d48a31d502879432fb788aefef7d8279bed.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/edmonton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/12\/daae1d48a31d502879432fb788aefef7d8279bed.jpg\",\"width\":945,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"Ice skating at Churchill Square. 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