{"id":4700,"date":"2011-01-05T11:53:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T16:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:28:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:28:51","slug":"world-wide-wednesday-bike-art-web-city-streetcars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/01\/05\/world-wide-wednesday-bike-art-web-city-streetcars\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Wednesday: Bike Art, Web-City, Streetcars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-17066\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=17066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pedaleo-Seguro-1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Pedaleo-Seguro-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-17067\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=17067\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-world-wednesday\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/feature-world-wednesday.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. We\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 The <a href=\"http:\/\/popupcity.net\/2010\/12\/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+popupcity+%28The+Pop-Up+City%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\">Pop Up City<\/a> profiles infrastructure art in Madrid created by Luzinterruptus. The project, Pedaleo Seguro (Safe Biking) created lit bike lanes on three of the city&#8217;s central streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 As part of their 10 Trends for 2010 series, <a href=\"http:\/\/popupcity.net\/2011\/01\/trend-8-location-location-location\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+popupcity+%28The+Pop-Up+City%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">The Pop Up City<\/a> considers the changing relationship between the web and the urban realm as articulated through wireless technologies, GPS, and the smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/sunnibrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Rockefeller-Title-Mural1.png\" target=\"_self\">CEOs for Cities<\/a> and the Rockefeller Foundation present a fascinating info-graphic entitled: The Future of the Crowd Sourced City<br \/>\n<!--more--> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n\u2022 North American major transit projects fail to keep pace with those in China; James Russell (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2010-12-27\/as-u-s-dithers-china-u-k-push-ahead-on-major-rail-projects.html\" target=\"_self\">Bloomberg<\/a>) asks why. Beyond differences in labour costs and public consultation requirements, Russell cites quick decision making and greater political ease with megaprojects.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 That said, many US cities are\u00a0 beginning the long journey towards greater transit accessibility. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mndaily.com\/2010\/12\/23\/federal-grant-could-spur-minneapolis-streetcar-plans\" target=\"_self\">The Minnesota Daily<\/a> reports on a $900,000 federal grant to study the impacts of new streetcar routes in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/popupcity.net\/2010\/12\/i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+popupcity+%28The+Pop-Up+City%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_self\">The Pop Up City<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. \u2022 The Pop Up City profiles infrastructure art in Madrid created by Luzinterruptus. The project, Pedaleo Seguro (Safe Biking)<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2011\/01\/05\/world-wide-wednesday-bike-art-web-city-streetcars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;World Wide Wednesday: Bike Art, Web-City, Streetcars&#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,"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":[5302],"tags":[2798,1540,1636,2791,2795,1624,2794,2796,2797,680,725,2792,2793,370],"class_list":["post-4700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-bloomberg","tag-china","tag-gps","tag-james-russell","tag-madrid","tag-minneapolis","tag-rockefeller-foundation","tag-smartphone","tag-the-minnesota-daily","tag-united-states","tag-usd","tag-web-city","tag-wireless-technologies","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: Bike Art, Web-City, Streetcars - Spacing Ottawa<\/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\/ottawa\/2011\/01\/05\/world-wide-wednesday-bike-art-web-city-streetcars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Wide Wednesday: Bike Art, Web-City, Streetcars - Spacing Ottawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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