{"id":12777,"date":"2010-07-20T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T17:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=12777"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:11:55","slug":"summer-shorts-013-riding-the-clockwork-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/20\/summer-shorts-013-riding-the-clockwork-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMMER SHORTS 013: Riding &#8220;the Clockwork Orange&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"photo by Karoly Lorentey\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/images\/spacing-radio-summer-shorts-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN TO <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/07\/20\/summer-shorts-013-riding-the-clockwork-orange\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TODAY&#8217;S SPACING RADIO<\/span><\/a> PODCAST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes exploring a city means just shutting your eyes and  listening. In this soundscape, <em>Spacing<\/em> producer Mieke Anderson  <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/07\/20\/summer-shorts-013-riding-the-clockwork-orange\/\">takes you underground into the Glasgow subway system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Affectionately known as &#8220;the Clockwork Orange&#8221; because of its orange  subway cars and circular route, Glasgow&#8217;s underground dates back to 1896  making it the third oldest in the world. Recently, the city was  considering shutting down parts of the system if they couldn&#8217;t come up  with the money for a massive modernization plan (the route itself hasn&#8217;t  changed in over a century). In April, an upgrade worth \u00a3290 million was  approved guaranteeing residents and visitors many more years of fun  lurching and hurtling round and round the city.<\/p>\n<p>So close your eyes and let us take you for a ride!<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links to stuff from Spacing Radio&#8217;s Summer Shorts 013:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strathclyde Partnership for Transport: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spt.co.uk\/subway\/\">Glasgow Subway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Herald Scotland:<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/transport-environment\/closure-an-option-for-glasgow-s-outdated-underground-1.1015598\">Closure  &#8216;an option&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>BBC News: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/scotland\/glasgow_and_west\/8624746.stm\">Go-ahead  for \u00a3290m Subway revamp<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lorentey\/1417654283\/\" target=\"_self\">Karoly Lorentey<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN TO TODAY&#8217;S SPACING RADIO PODCAST Sometimes exploring a city means just shutting your eyes and listening. 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Affectionately known as &#8220;the Clockwork Orange&#8221; because of its orange subway cars and circular route, Glasgow&#8217;s underground dates back to 1896 making it<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/20\/summer-shorts-013-riding-the-clockwork-orange\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;SUMMER SHORTS 013: Riding &#8220;the Clockwork Orange&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4010,"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":[15,14,8],"tags":[15608,388,3480,2827,15611,13353,21,1896,81,15610,15609],"class_list":["post-12777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-spacing","category-transit","tag-290m-subway","tag-bbc-news","tag-gbp","tag-glasgow","tag-glasgow-subway-herald","tag-mieke-anderson","tag-other-cities","tag-producer","tag-spacing-radio","tag-strathclyde-partnership","tag-subway-herald-scotland"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SUMMER SHORTS 013: Riding &quot;the Clockwork Orange&quot; - Spacing Toronto<\/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\/toronto\/2010\/07\/20\/summer-shorts-013-riding-the-clockwork-orange\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SUMMER SHORTS 013: Riding &quot;the Clockwork Orange&quot; - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LISTEN TO TODAY&#8217;S SPACING RADIO PODCAST Sometimes exploring a city means just shutting your eyes and listening. 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