{"id":9668,"date":"2011-03-16T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=9668"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:05:04","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-all-opposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/03\/16\/world-wide-wednesday-all-opposed\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: All opposed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-18585\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?attachment_id=18585\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hinderaker_20110310_0190\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Hinderaker_20110310_0190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" \/><\/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<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\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\u00a0UPDATE: For more on New York City&#8217;s bike lane woes, check out: How  one New York bike lane could affect the future of cycling worldwide (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/bike-blog\/2011\/mar\/09\/new-york-bike-lane-cycling\" target=\"_self\">The Guardian<\/a>), Battle of the Bike Lanes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/johncassidy\/2011\/03\/battle-of-the-bike-lanes-im-with-mrs-schumer.html\" target=\"_self\">The New Yorker<\/a>), John Cassidy vs bipeds (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/felix-salmon\/2011\/03\/09\/john-cassidy-vs-bipeds\/\" target=\"_self\">Reuters<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder&#8217;s Local School District and Fiscal  Accountability Act allows state-appointed emergency managers to seize  control of local governments in financial emergencies to renegotiate  contacts, terminate collective bargaining agreements, close schools and  dissolve or reorganize governments and districts. As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2288428\/?from=rss\" target=\"_self\">Slate<\/a> discovers this power is not unprecedented.<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 Twenty-first century airports have a life of their own. As John Kasarda and Greg Lindsey explain in <em>Aerotropolis<\/em>,  if\u00a0Atlanta&#8217;s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were to become  its own country, its annual workforce and user base would make it the  twelfth most populous nation on Earth. <a href=\"http:\/\/bldgblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/aerotropolis-interview-with-greg.html\" target=\"_self\">BLDGBLOG <\/a>has an interview with the authors.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/colabradio.mit.edu\/changing-car-parking-to-bike-parking-in-melbourne\/\" target=\"_self\">MIT&#8217;s CoLab Radio<\/a> has an interesting post on the economic benefits of bicycle parking as  compared with car parking. The Australian study found that while drivers  tend to spend more than their two-wheeled counterparts, the small space  requirements for bike parking generate more efficient economic returns.<\/p>\n<p><em>I<\/em><em>mage from Andrew Hinderaker, courtesy of Transportation Alternatives, via <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetsblog.org\/2011\/03\/11\/who-supports-the-prospect-park-west-bike-lane\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>Streetsblog New York City<\/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<\/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\u00a0UPDATE: For more on New York City&#8217;s bike lane woes, check out: How one New York bike lane could affect<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/03\/16\/world-wide-wednesday-all-opposed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: All opposed?&#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":[6109,1065,6115,6107,6111,6108,6110,6114,6113,6112,352,744,4541,1738,146],"class_list":["post-9668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-andrew-hinderaker","tag-atlanta","tag-car-parking","tag-greg-lindsey","tag-hartsfield-jackson-international-airport","tag-john-cassidy-vs","tag-john-kasarda","tag-michigan-governor-rick-snyders-local-school-district","tag-mit","tag-mits-colab-radio","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-the-guardian","tag-the-new-yorker","tag-world-wide-wednesday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Wide Wednesday: All opposed? 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