{"id":753,"date":"2010-08-11T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingradio.ca\/?p=753"},"modified":"2013-01-21T02:10:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T06:10:54","slug":"summer-shorts-018-transforming-john-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/08\/11\/summer-shorts-018-transforming-john-street\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMMER SHORTS 018: Transforming John Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3275\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-753-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\">http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?powerpress_pinw=753-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\">Download<\/a> (19.2MB) <\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/images\/spacing-radio-summer-shorts-018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many people agree that Toronto&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;q=john+street+and+queen+%2Btoronto+%2Bmap&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=ca&amp;ei=dnENTJzXEpKWyATatpnzCw&amp;ved=0CBgQpQY&amp;view=map&amp;geocode=FUkLmgIdypZE-w&amp;split=0&amp;sll=43.649865,-79.391030&amp;sspn=0.000000,0.000000&amp;iwloc=A&amp;sa=X\">John Street corridor<\/a> has the potential to be a great <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/05\/city-shying-away-from-shared-street-on-john\/\">&#8220;connecting spine&#8221;<\/a> for the area. How best to go about achieving this is now up for debate as the City and Entertainment District BIA prepare to supposedly transform the district <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/06\/16\/entertainment-districts-master-plan\/\">with their Master Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spacing&#8217;s senior editor, Dylan Reid, recently weighed in on the discussion. From Reid&#8217;s perspective, the City would be shying away from <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/05\/city-shying-away-from-shared-street-on-john\/\">truly transforming the strip<\/a> by not opting to turn it into a shared street where cars, bikes and pedestrians share the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>In search of some clarification from those directly involved in the project, producer Mieke Anderson met up with Harold Madi (an urban designer with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planpart.ca\/\">The Planning Partnership<\/a>) and Stephen Schijns (the manager of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/transportation\/index.htm\">Infrastructure Planning for the City of Toronto<\/a>). Currently, the City seems to prefer a narrowed street or extended sidewalk alternative, but elements of the shared street and pedestrian mall models appear to be catching on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links to stuff from Spacing Radio&#8217;s Summer Shorts 018:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto Entertainment District BIA <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoed.com\/master_plan\/introduction\">Master Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Councillor Adam Vaughan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/06\/07\/001a-summer-summer-summertime\/\">tour of John Street<\/a> for Jane&#8217;s Walk 2010<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3277\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-753-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\">http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?powerpress_pinw=753-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"spacingradiosummer-018.mp3\">Download<\/a> (19.2MB) <\/p><p>http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (19.2MB) Many people agree that Toronto&#8217;s John Street corridor has the potential to be a great &#8220;connecting spine&#8221; for the area. How best to go about achieving this is now up for debate as the City and Entertainment District BIA prepare to supposedly transform the district with their<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/08\/11\/summer-shorts-018-transforming-john-street\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;SUMMER SHORTS 018: Transforming John Street&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3003,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_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":[23],"tags":[253,8,66,337,336,125,76,5,338,47,335,26,130],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-design","tag-adam-vaughan","tag-development","tag-dylan-reid","tag-harold-madi","tag-manager-of-infrastructure-planning","tag-producer","tag-senior-editor","tag-spacing-radio","tag-stephen-schijns","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-entertainment-district-bia-master-plan-councillor","tag-transportation","tag-urban-designer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SUMMER SHORTS 018: Transforming John Street - Spacing National<\/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\/national\/2010\/08\/11\/summer-shorts-018-transforming-john-street\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SUMMER SHORTS 018: Transforming John Street - Spacing National\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/spacingradiosummer-018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (19.2MB) Many people agree that Toronto&#8217;s John Street corridor has the potential to be a great &#8220;connecting spine&#8221; for the area. 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