{"id":2112,"date":"2007-07-30T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:48:19","slug":"spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=912\">over a year<\/a> since the City of Toronto began converting its pedestrain signals to LED countdown signals. The editors at Spacing have heard a variety of opinions on the topic from our writers and friends, so we&#8217;re putting it to our readers.<\/p>\n<p><script language=\"javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\/p\/73766.js\"> <\/script> <noscript> <a href =\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\" >polls<\/a> &#8211; <a href =\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\/poll.asp?p=73766\" >Take Our Poll<\/a> <\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>As well as your experience as pedestrians, we&#8217;re interested in hearing your comments about whether the pedestrian countdown signals have ever had an effect on you as cyclists and drivers, for better or for worse. Do you look at them? Do they affect your behaviour?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a over a year since the City of Toronto began converting its pedestrain signals to LED countdown signals. The editors at Spacing have heard a variety of opinions on the topic from our writers and friends, so we&#8217;re putting it to our readers. polls &#8211; Take Our Poll As well as your experience<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1022,"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":[2,6],"tags":[39,19],"class_list":["post-2112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-walking","tag-polls","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals? - 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\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals? - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s been a over a year since the City of Toronto began converting its pedestrain signals to LED countdown signals. The editors at Spacing have heard a variety of opinions on the topic from our writers and friends, so we&#8217;re putting it to our readers. polls &#8211; Take Our Poll As well as your experienceContinue reading &quot;SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals?&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-07-30T14:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-21T19:48:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Blackett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Blackett\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/\",\"name\":\"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals? - Spacing Toronto\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-07-30T14:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-21T19:48:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Toronto\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574\",\"name\":\"Matthew Blackett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matthew Blackett\"},\"description\":\"Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He is the author, editor, and photographer of 11 books. He is also a graphic artist, product designer, and deeply-committed advocate for Toronto. TWITTER: @MatthewBlackett INSTAGRAM: @MatthewBlackett\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/matt\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals? - Spacing Toronto","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals? - Spacing Toronto","og_description":"It&#8217;s been a over a year since the City of Toronto began converting its pedestrain signals to LED countdown signals. The editors at Spacing have heard a variety of opinions on the topic from our writers and friends, so we&#8217;re putting it to our readers. polls &#8211; Take Our Poll As well as your experienceContinue reading \"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals?\"","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Toronto","article_published_time":"2007-07-30T14:00:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-01-21T19:48:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Matthew Blackett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Blackett"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/","name":"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals? - Spacing Toronto","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg","datePublished":"2007-07-30T14:00:49+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-21T19:48:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.walkarlington.com\/gfx\/ped%20signal%20countdown%20hand%201.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/30\/spacing-poll-what-do-you-think-of-pedestrian-countdown-signals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SPACING POLL: What do you think of pedestrian countdown signals?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/","name":"Spacing Toronto","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/4f3b818d7e3504a6e4626afc774b2574","name":"Matthew Blackett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3eb8fd719ea39ea94dc1b32911c80f51?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Matthew Blackett"},"description":"Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He is the author, editor, and photographer of 11 books. He is also a graphic artist, product designer, and deeply-committed advocate for Toronto. TWITTER: @MatthewBlackett INSTAGRAM: @MatthewBlackett","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/matt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38894,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2112\/revisions\/38894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}