{"id":10369,"date":"2011-05-21T08:52:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=10369"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:27","slug":"spacing-saturday-bixi-bailout-walkability-and-the-fort-york-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/05\/21\/spacing-saturday-bixi-bailout-walkability-and-the-fort-york-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Bixi Bailout, Walkability and the Fort York Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2636\/3964840787_7d231554be_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"ss\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"so\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Section 37 of the Ontario Planning Act allows municipalities to require that a developer <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/05\/16\/baltz-upzoned-developments-are-no-place-for-a-shell-game\/\">provide community benefits <\/a>in  exchange for rezoning to allow larger buildings, yet few cities take  advantage. With the City of Ottawa studying the issue, Jay Baltz makes a  compelling case about why aggressively pursuing section37 benefits is  absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the <em>Walkspace <\/em>series Eric Darwin chronicles the tale of a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/05\/19\/walkspace-the-amazing-hanging-puddle-and-crowdsoucing-our-own-mup\/\">multipurpose trail <\/a>along  the O-Train corridor. While construction has begun on an underpass,  other parts of the trail, and some local landmarks along its route  remain in bureaucratic limbo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spacing highlights two fascinating panel discussions taking place in Halifax which aim to study the interaction of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/05\/20\/events-guide-tracing-the-city-interventions-of-art-in-public-space\/\">art and technology in the public realm<\/a>. The <em>Tracing the City <\/em>symposium  looks at how public space challenges the private nature of experiencing  art while the Cineflux Symposium examines the issues around the  &#8216;digital turn&#8217; in contemporary society.<\/p>\n<p>Atlantic Canada is a beautiful place and the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/05\/19\/atlantic-snapshots-charlottetown\/\">Atlantic Snapshots<\/a> <\/em>series continued to capture that beauty in unique ways with several interesting new posts this week. <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"st\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Fort York pedestrian and cycle bridge was a hot topic in Toronto  this week and two posts on Spacing aim to capture the essence of the  issue. As part of the <em>Headspace <\/em>series Luca de Franco interviews activist <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/05\/16\/headspace-the-fort-york-pedestrian-cycle-bridge\/\">Richard Douglas<\/a> to get his take on why the bridge should be saved. Shawn Micallef takes a step back to see what the debate <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/05\/17\/the-fort-york-bridge-how-i-learnt-to-stop-worrying-and-love-that-toronto-sucks\/\">says about Toronto<\/a> itself.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Reid highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/05\/17\/the-walkability-slideshow-and-the-database-of-self-guided-walking-tours\/\">Walkability Slide Show<\/a> that has come out of this month&#8217;s Jane&#8217;s Walks and is being shown at  the Urbanspace Gallery. The show highlights walkability issues in  Toronto&#8217;s low income tower neighbourhoods and the effect this has the  lives of residents.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sm\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As  Toronto and Ottawa roll out their new Bixi bike sharing programs  this  Spring, in the birthplace of Bixi there is controversy surrounding a  <a href=\"..\/2011\/05\/19\/spacing-poll-the-bixi-bailout\/\">municipal bailout<\/a> for the organization behind the bike share. Alanah Heffez outlines the   debate around the bailout and puts the question of whether or not it  was  a good idea to Spacing readers.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Thibert takes a  fascinating look into Urban Agriculture based on  the premise that while  coverage of the issue may be increasing, the  actual phenomenon is far <a href=\"..\/2011\/05\/20\/is-urban-agriculture-a-fad\/\">more than just a fad<\/a>.   Through this discussion Thibert examines the nature of what Urban   Agriculture is really about; ultimately concluding that it may not be   about cultivating produce but about cultivating gardeners.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photograph by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/philosophygeek\/\">philosophygeek<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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With the City of Ottawa studying the issue,<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/05\/21\/spacing-saturday-bixi-bailout-walkability-and-the-fort-york-bridge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Spacing Saturday: Bixi Bailout, Walkability and the Fort York Bridge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4082,"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":[7834],"tags":[2015,4706,287,4775,6318,149,6134,6088,5799,125,153,6317,1842,151,152,6319,1449],"class_list":["post-10369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-activist","tag-blog-network","tag-dylan-reid","tag-eric-darwin","tag-fort-york-bridge-spacing","tag-halifax","tag-jay-baltz","tag-joel-thibert","tag-luca-de-franco","tag-montreal","tag-ottawa","tag-richard-douglas","tag-shawn-micallef","tag-spacing-saturday","tag-toronto","tag-urbanspace-gallery","tag-york"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spacing Saturday: Bixi Bailout, Walkability and the Fort York Bridge - Spacing Montreal<\/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\/montreal\/2011\/05\/21\/spacing-saturday-bixi-bailout-walkability-and-the-fort-york-bridge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spacing Saturday: Bixi Bailout, Walkability and the Fort York Bridge - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. 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