{"id":6996,"date":"2010-05-15T12:10:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T17:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=6996"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:40","slug":"spacing-saturday-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/05\/15\/spacing-saturday-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog     network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4054\/4600412834_b84edd3edc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing saturday\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing atlantic\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Community activism is changing in  the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/05\/14\/volunteerism-2-0-better-cities-through-open-data\/\">information  age<\/a> and we are just beginning to see what can be accomplished by  the trend of increasingly open access to public data. Emily Richardson  profiles a number of initiatives and programs in place both in Atlantic  Canada, and throughout North America.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing ottawa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Responding to a column last claiming that new Transit slated for  Ottawa would only feed urban sprawl, Alain Miguelez takes up the cause  of <a href=\"  https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/05\/10\/opinion-time-is-right-for-teenage-transit-to-grow-up\/\">defending<\/a> the direction Ottawa is taking explaining it as the natural evolution  of a city maturing.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Thornton reports from Carleton Place on  the progress of a <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/05\/14\/green-corridor-takes-you-car-free-to-carleton-place-ncc-the-only-bump-in-the-road\/\">community  transit initiative<\/a> operating bus service from the exurb into  Ottawa. While the service has so far been a success, use of the  transitway has been stifled by the NCC.<\/p>\n<p><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\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shiny new streetcars are coming soon to the streets of Toronto and  this week the TTC began preparing for their launch with a campaign to  build excitement by eliciting rider input. Spacing Editor and TTC  Customer Service Review Panel member, Matt Blackett <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/05\/10\/ttc-wants-you-to-meet-your-new-ride\/\">talks  about the initiative<\/a> and gives some <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/05\/12\/whats-in-a-streetcar-name\/\">suggestions <\/a>on how the names of the new cars can be used to sell them to  riders.<\/p>\n<p>In a very provocative piece, Nicole McIsaac speculates about a future  of <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/05\/10\/government-2-0-civic-engagement-on-a-social-media-platform\/\">open  source government<\/a> and what it could mean for civic engagement.  While other Cities are quickly hoping on this bandwagon by releasing  their immense date basses to the public where the data can be organized  according to need, and widely disseminated.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing montreal\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alanah Heffez talks about a new   initiative by the STM to put <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/05\/14\/bus-shelters-to-show-off-green-roof-tech\/\">green   roofs on select bus shelters<\/a> throughout the city as part of slick   new marketing campaign. The campaign is a window into the broader green   initiatives of Montreal&#8217;s transit operator.<\/p>\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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