{"id":351045210,"date":"2016-02-16T00:33:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T00:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=351045210"},"modified":"2016-02-16T00:33:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T00:33:30","slug":"the-6-biggest-roadblocks-to-building-complete-streets-in-our-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=351045210","title":{"rendered":"The 6 biggest roadblocks to building complete streets in our communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY CHRIS &#038; MELISSA BRUNTLETT, VancityBuzz<br \/>\n[B&#8217; Spokes: Just the headlines.]<br \/>\n1. An unintended, but counterproductive focus on the commute to work<br \/>\n2. The belief that streets should act as thoroughfares, and not destinations<br \/>\n3. The perception gap around how customers actually arrive at a business [B&#8217; Spokes: You have to see the graphic.]<br \/>\n4. The conviction that bikes belong on side streets, and not on main streets<br \/>\n5. A tendency to frame the discussion around those people who already cycle<br \/>\n6. A failure to recognize the (rather lucrative) potential for tourism spending<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.vancitybuzz.com\/2016\/02\/roadblocks-complete-streets\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY CHRIS &#038; MELISSA BRUNTLETT, VancityBuzz [B&#8217; Spokes: Just the headlines.] 1. An unintended, but counterproductive focus on the commute to work 2. The belief that streets should act as thoroughfares, and not destinations 3. The perception gap around how customers actually arrive at a business [B&#8217; Spokes: You have to see the graphic.] 4. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=351045210\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The 6 biggest roadblocks to building complete streets in our communities&#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-351045210","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\/351045210","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=351045210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351045210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351045210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351045210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351045210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}