{"id":9411,"date":"2011-02-23T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=9411"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:05:04","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-river-maps-safe-streets-city-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/02\/23\/world-wide-wednesday-river-maps-safe-streets-city-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: River maps, safe streets, city guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18165\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?attachment_id=18165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"colorado_river_map-2\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/colorado_river_map-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-17174\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?attachment_id=17174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/feature-world-wednesday1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments.\u00a0We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Artist Daniel Huffman&#8217;s transit-inspired river maps draw a new link between cities and rivers. &#8220;I wanted to create a series of maps that gives people a new way to look at rivers: a much more modern, urban type of portrayal,&#8221; he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com\/river-maps\/\" target=\"_self\">writes<\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmybacon.com\/2011\/02\/rivers-drawn-like-subway-maps\/\">CMYBacon<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0A team of researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health has published a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/injuryprevention.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2011\/02\/02\/ip.2010.028696.short?q=w_injuryprevention_ahead_tab\" target=\"_self\">study<\/a> which compares cyclist safety on separated right of ways and on-street routes, using data from Montreal. Contrary to conventional transportation engineering thinking, the authors conclude that separated right of ways are safer for cyclists. (<a href=\"http:\/\/bikeportland.org\/2011\/02\/10\/harvard-study-cycling-on-streets-not-as-safe-as-cycle-tracks-47719\" target=\"_self\">Bike Portland<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Looking for an alternative guide to L.A.? A group of local artists have recently released,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ldrg.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/01\/scores-for-the-city-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_self\">Scores For the City<\/a> &#8211; an urban guide which highlights important moments in the city&#8217;s social choreography. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/llano-del-rio-creates-guides-for-an-alternate-l-a\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+good%2Flbvp+%28GOOD+Main+RSS+Feed%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\">GOOD<\/a>)<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolisblog.org\/2011\/02\/slum-for-sale.html\" target=\"_self\">Polis<\/a> has a review of Lutz Konermann&#8217;s documentary: Dharavi, Slum for Sale. The film turns our view of slums upside down as we&#8217;re introduced to Dharavi &#8211; a slum located right in the heart of Mumbai. The film explores issues of gentrification, top-down planning and power.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022America&#8217;s \u00a0declining infrastructure is a major stumbling block to economic growth. A recent McKinsey Global Institute report identifies decaying digital and highway infrastructure as important priorities on the road to recovery. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infrastructurist.com\/2011\/02\/18\/new-report-americas-poor-infrastructure-is-holding-back-economic-growth\/\" target=\"_self\">Infrastructurist<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Map by <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com\/river-maps\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>Daniel Huffman<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a World Wide Wednesday worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to www@spacing.ca<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments.\u00a0We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. \u2022\u00a0Artist Daniel Huffman&#8217;s transit-inspired river maps draw a new link between cities and rivers. &#8220;I wanted to create a series<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/02\/23\/world-wide-wednesday-river-maps-safe-streets-city-guide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: River maps, safe streets, city guide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"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":[1527,320,6054,359,6053,6057,6055,3862,3579,6052,6056,125,3926,1120,146],"class_list":["post-9411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-america","tag-artist","tag-conventional-transportation-engineering-thinking","tag-cyclist","tag-daniel-huffman","tag-dharavi","tag-harvard-school-of-public-health","tag-highway-infrastructure","tag-l-a","tag-lutz-konermann","tag-mckinsey-global-institute","tag-montreal","tag-mumbai","tag-portland","tag-world-wide-wednesday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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