{"id":15780,"date":"2012-12-14T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=15780"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:03:52","slug":"urban-planet-spinning-flywheels-boost-subways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/12\/14\/urban-planet-spinning-flywheels-boost-subways\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Spinning flywheels boost subways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/wwfuture\/624_351\/images\/live\/p0\/11\/ln\/p011lnzp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We can only imagine the amount of energy it takes so send subways around the city. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20121122-spiraling-wheels-boost-subways\">Here&#8217;s an article<\/a> that has at least one solution taken from the days of steam engines. In order to capture braking energy, subways could use flywheels.<\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a roundup of 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><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/Spacing\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to <\/em><a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\"><em>urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can only imagine the amount of energy it takes so send subways around the city. Here&#8217;s an article that has at least one solution taken from the days of steam engines. 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