{"id":275408617,"date":"2013-09-23T14:23:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T14:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=275408617"},"modified":"2013-09-23T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T14:23:37","slug":"quotes-r-us-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=275408617","title":{"rendered":"QUOTES R US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;DOT encourages transportation agencies to go beyond the minimum requirements, and proactively provide convenient, safe, and context-sensitive facilities that foster increased use by bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities, and utilize universal design characteristics when appropriate.&quot;<br \/>\n&#8211;USDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design Flexibility Memorandum<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1fXLjTi\">https:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1fXLjTi<\/a><br \/>\nAND NOW, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT&#8230;<br \/>\n&quot;During his two terms (1995-97 and 2001-03) as Mayor of Bogat\u00e1 [Columbia], Anatas Mockus sought &#8216;change without violence\u2019 using theatrical measures to educate and engage citizens in civic reforms&#8230; Famously, [he] hired 420 mimes to make fun of traffic violators; this entertaining public ridicule reduced traffic fatalities by &gt;50%&#8230;&quot;<br \/>\n&#8211;From a slideshow of examples from the McKinsey report How to Make a Great City <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/17p97xt\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/17p97xt<\/a><br \/>\n[See the full 6 case study slideshow: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/17p97xt\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/17p97xt<\/a>]<br \/>\n[See also photo at: <a href=\"https:\/\/hvrd.me\/18TmofG\">https:\/\/hvrd.me\/18TmofG<\/a>]<br \/>\nfrom CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling &amp; Walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;DOT encourages transportation agencies to go beyond the minimum requirements, and proactively provide convenient, safe, and context-sensitive facilities that foster increased use by bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities, and utilize universal design characteristics when appropriate.&quot; &#8211;USDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design Flexibility Memorandum https:\/\/1.usa.gov\/1fXLjTi AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT&#8230; &quot;During his &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=275408617\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;QUOTES R US&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275408617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275408617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275408617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275408617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275408617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275408617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275408617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}