{"id":8205,"date":"2012-03-20T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:26:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:26:29","slug":"urban-planet-broken-windows-for-traffic-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/03\/20\/urban-planet-broken-windows-for-traffic-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: &#8220;Broken Windows&#8221; for Traffic Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=27483\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27483\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"largest\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/largest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=25153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs 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><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The running joke on blogs like <a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/\">Gothamist<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetsblog.org\/\">Streetsblog<\/a> is that if you want to kill somebody in New York and get away with it, a car should be your weapon of choice,&#8221; writes Sarah Goodyear at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2012\/02\/we-need-broken-windows-traffic-crimes\/1264\/\">The Atlantic Cities<\/a>. Pointing to the NYPD&#8217;s blindspot when it comes to pedestrian and cyclist safety, Goodyear calls for a &#8220;broken windows&#8221; campaign for traffic.\u00a0 In the early 1990s, &#8220;broken windows&#8221; was the term used to describe the NYPD&#8217;s crackdown on petty crimes such as public drinking and squeegeeing which ended up having a significant impact on the occurrence of more serious crimes. Goodyear wonders whether a similar approach to red light running and aggressive driving might save lives.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2012\/02\/we-need-broken-windows-traffic-crimes\/1264\/\">The Atlantic Cities<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs 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. &#8220;The running joke on blogs like Gothamist and Streetsblog is that if you want to kill somebody in New York<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/03\/20\/urban-planet-broken-windows-for-traffic-crimes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: &#8220;Broken Windows&#8221; for Traffic Crimes&#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":[724,882,3139,794,2895,1731,550],"class_list":["post-8205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-cyclist","tag-facebook","tag-microsoft-windows","tag-new-york","tag-sarah-goodyear","tag-twitter","tag-urban-planet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: &quot;Broken Windows&quot; for Traffic Crimes - 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\/2012\/03\/20\/urban-planet-broken-windows-for-traffic-crimes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: &quot;Broken Windows&quot; for Traffic Crimes - Spacing Ottawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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