{"id":129,"date":"2005-08-18T12:04:55","date_gmt":"2005-08-18T16:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=129"},"modified":"2005-10-28T15:24:21","modified_gmt":"2005-10-28T19:24:21","slug":"philosophers-walk-talking-ttc-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/18\/philosophers-walk-talking-ttc-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosopher&#8217;s Walk &#038; talking TTC buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Toronto Star today, columnist Christopher Hume talks about the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1124315413030&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=1001498914093&#038;DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&#038;tacodalogin=yes\"> <strong>plans to fix up<\/strong><\/a> University of Toronto&#8217;s Philosopher&#8217;s Walk. And next month the TTC plans to roll out their <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1124315413038&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=969483202845\">automated bus stop announcement system<\/a><\/strong> on the Bayview 11 route, a  six-month pilot project, and hopefully expand it to the entire system. The Globe and Mail did a similar story but focused instead on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/ArticleNews\/TPStory\/LAC\/20050818\/BLIND18\/TPNational\/Toronto\"> <strong>the blind lawyer who has been fighting the TTC<\/strong><\/a> to immediately implement this system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Toronto Star today, columnist Christopher Hume talks about the plans to fix up University of Toronto&#8217;s Philosopher&#8217;s Walk. 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