{"id":8331,"date":"2012-04-16T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=8331"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:26:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:26:27","slug":"urban-planet-comparing-transit-in-toronto-montreal-and-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/04\/16\/urban-planet-comparing-transit-in-toronto-montreal-and-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Comparing Transit in Toronto, Montreal and Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=28347\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28347\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"metro3\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/metro3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What happens when a Los Angeleno rides Toronto&#8217;s TTC and Montreal&#8217;s Metro? Blogger Tim Adams did just that and his discovered some interesting contrasts between the three transit systems. Adams take-aways include: Canadian politicians don&#8217;t take transit; our subways are graffiti-free; our stations leave something to be desired. (<a href=\"http:\/\/transitophile.blogspot.ca\/2011\/02\/los-angeles-straphanger-in-toronto-and.html\">Transitophile<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trekearth.com\/gallery\/North_America\/Canada\/photo279899.htm\">TrekEarth<\/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>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. What happens when a Los Angeleno rides Toronto&#8217;s TTC and Montreal&#8217;s Metro? 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