{"id":13223,"date":"2010-08-11T15:22:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T19:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=13223"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:30:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:30:19","slug":"www-bikes-transit-and-why-gardens-are-good-for-school-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/08\/11\/www-bikes-transit-and-why-gardens-are-good-for-school-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"WWW: Bikes, transit, and why gardens are good for school kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3050\/3090198356_b8d3e3535a_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/08\/feature-world-wednesday.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There is a tradition amongst cycling advocates around the world to attach a &#8220;ghost bike&#8221; \u2014 every part of it painted solid white \u2014 to a light pole or bike rack in order to memorialize the death of a cyclist near that location. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghostbikes.org\/node\/682\">New York City is considering a law<\/a> that would allow the city to remove these bikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/blog\/2010\/aug\/10\/cycling-boom-survey\">The Guardian reports<\/a>,  &#8220;Much has been written about a war between cyclists and drivers,  as if  the two groups were such polar opposites that they could never  cross  in a Venn diagram. But according to new research, people who cycle  the  most are likely to own at least two cars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 High-speed rail is a hot topic south of the border, especially along the densely populated east coast. The Philadelphia Inquirer has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/99572559.html\">compiled a handful of their articles<\/a> on the topic into one easy-to-read section.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 &#8220;The <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cincinnati.com\/article\/20100804\/NEWS0108\/8050358\/Streetcar-No-going-back-now\">controversial Cincinnati streetcar plan<\/a> may have made its final  political stop at City Hall on Wednesday, when City Council authorized  moving ahead with $108 million in grants and bonds for a project that  has dominated civic debate for the past three years. In a series of 5-3 votes mirroring the action of council&#8217;s budget  committee earlier this week, council gave city administrators approval  to proceed with $44 million in grants and $64 million in bonds that will  finance most of the Downtown-to-Uptown streetcar line&#8217;s $128 million  first phase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The wonderful public transit blog Human Transit has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humantransit.org\/2010\/08\/basics-the-case-for-frequency-mapping.html\">a great post about the need for well-designed, easy-to-understand transit maps<\/a>. &#8220;The process of learning any network &#8212; roads or transit or any kind of  geography &#8212; begins with identifying a few features as major, and then  understanding how the other features fit around those.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re  looking a map of natural geography, you&#8217;ll notice the big rivers and  mountains before you notice the small ones.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re looking at a  highway map, you&#8217;ll understand the big highways first, and later, only  as needed, you&#8217;ll study how lesser roads connect with those main  highways.\u00a0 Transit customers and potential customers need the same  ability to sort the mass of detail presented by a transit network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Forget about playing Mozart when the baby is in the womb \u2014 start a school garden instead! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/08\/gardening-makes-children-smarter.php\">Treehugger has a post<\/a> on a new report from the Royal Horticultural Society has found that  when children work in school gardens they develop increased life skills,  greater literacy and numeracy and are more responsive to the challenges  of adult life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 There is a tradition amongst cycling advocates around the world to attach a &#8220;ghost bike&#8221; \u2014 every part of it painted solid white \u2014 to a light pole or bike rack in order to memorialize the death of a cyclist near that location. 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