{"id":9253,"date":"2011-02-12T01:47:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T06:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=9253"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:31","slug":"spacing-saturday-subway-architecture-cross-country-trails-and-a-national-transit-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/02\/12\/spacing-saturday-subway-architecture-cross-country-trails-and-a-national-transit-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday: Subway Architecture, Cross Country Trails and a National Transit Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<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:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/164\/376184863_e6eaf5c5a1_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>Coping with the tough Ottawa winter involves embracing winter sports and fortunately Ottawans have access to several great\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/02\/11\/next-stop-gatineau-park-ski-trails\/\">cross country ski trails<\/a>within a short distance of downtown. Kalle Hakala shows just how easy it is to use public transit\u00a0to\u00a0access multiple\u00a0cross country ski courses.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is the only country in the OECD without a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/02\/07\/gridlock-by-policy-canada-all-alone-with-no-transit-strategy\/\">national transit strategy<\/a>; something which should come as no surprise. Peter Raaymakers looks into a new proposal by Toronto MP Olivia Chow to rectify this situation.<\/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>At the start of the year of the rabbit a new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/02\/08\/events-guide-romance-in-saint-john-east-goes-east\/\">art exhibit <\/a>in Saint John uses contemporary art and community events to explore perceptions of Orientalism.<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders in the institutional district of downtown Halifax are launching a series public engagement sessions to determine the next steps of establishing the necessary<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/02\/09\/events-guide-bikeways-plan-public-engagement-session\/\"> cycling infrastructure<\/a> in the area.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/02\/03\/from-the-vaults-the-public-gardens\/  \"><\/a><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>Will Alsop unveiled his design for the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/02\/10\/no-mean-city-will-alsop-subways-and-context\/\">Steeles West station<\/a> on the Spadina subway extension this week. Alex Bozikovic is critical of the design and its failure to give any recognition to the context of the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Dyland Reid looks to the Netherlands for an innovative solution to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/02\/08\/dutch-sidewalk-covered-bike-parking\/\">protecting bikes<\/a> that must be stored outdoors. In the historic city of Delft, the Dutch are using stylish glass domes to protect bikes from the elements.<\/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>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/01\/28\/anywhere-but-meadowbrook\/\">Meadowbrook<\/a> neighbourhood of Montreal is faced with a curious situation; what to do with an excellent development proposal that is poorly situated, doesn&#8217;t meet the highest hopes but still represents a dramatic tangible enhancement of the status quo?<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/photo-du-jour\/\">Photo du jour<\/a> series never fails to capture incredible images of the beautiful city of Montreal and is always worth a look.<\/p>\n<dt>Photo by Susan Sermoneta<\/dt>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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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Kalle Hakala shows just how easy it is to use public transit\u00a0to\u00a0access<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/02\/12\/spacing-saturday-subway-architecture-cross-country-trails-and-a-national-transit-strategy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Spacing Saturday: Subway Architecture, Cross Country Trails and a National Transit Strategy&#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":[6032,4706,283,6029,149,125,310,6035,6030,153,5372,151,6034,6033,6031,152,6036],"class_list":["post-9253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-alex-bozikovic","tag-blog-network","tag-canada","tag-delft","tag-halifax","tag-montreal","tag-netherlands","tag-oecd","tag-olivia-chow","tag-ottawa","tag-peter-raaymakers","tag-spacing-saturday","tag-steeles-west-station","tag-subway-architecture","tag-susan-sermoneta","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-mp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spacing Saturday: Subway Architecture, Cross Country Trails and a National Transit Strategy - 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\/02\/12\/spacing-saturday-subway-architecture-cross-country-trails-and-a-national-transit-strategy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spacing Saturday: Subway Architecture, Cross Country Trails and a National Transit Strategy - 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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