{"id":583,"date":"2006-03-02T14:54:38","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T18:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=583"},"modified":"2006-03-02T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2006-03-02T19:06:43","slug":"spacing-what-do-other-cities-have-that-the-ttc-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/03\/02\/spacing-what-do-other-cities-have-that-the-ttc-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACING: what do other cities have that the TTC needs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/news_events\/exhibits\/futuristics\/oddities\/images\/misc_Pam61-7_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"347\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks the <em>Spacing Wire<\/em> has been posting a lot of transit-related articles and links. This is probably happening because of the research we&#8217;ve been doing for the next issue of <em>Spacing<\/em>, which will hit newsstands in April, focused on public transit. <strong>But we need your help:<\/strong> we want our readers to tell us interesting features used in other public transit systems that the TTC should consider implementing. Maybe it&#8217;s a screen with arrival times displayed at bus stops, or grass between streetcar tracks instead of cement. We know you fine people are well-travelled so please share your observations with us by <a href=\"mailto:transit@spacing.ca\">email<\/a>. We will select the best ideas and compile them into a feature.<\/p>\n<p>The above photo, The TransDrive system, was found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.berkeley.edu\/news_events\/exhibits\/futuristics\/index.html\">Transportation Futuristics<\/a> web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weeks the Spacing Wire has been posting a lot of transit-related articles and links. This is probably happening because of the research we&#8217;ve been doing for the next issue of Spacing, which will hit newsstands in April, focused on public transit. 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