{"id":4087,"date":"2015-04-02T14:06:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T19:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2015-04-02T14:06:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T19:06:04","slug":"no-april-fool%e2%80%99s-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2015\/04\/02\/no-april-fool%e2%80%99s-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"No April Fool\u2019s joke!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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April 1 is traditionally a day when the news outlets publish funny stories that no one is meant to take seriously. But this story in the Globe and Mail<\/a> was apparently true: \u201cthe authorities in Paris imposed 24-hour emergency measures Monday to limit traffic after record-levels of pollution\u201d. And what was the Parisian approach to reducing traffic? \u201cThey banned cars with even-numbered plates from operating in the French capital\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now that may be acceptable in Paris, but we think that with vivaNext, York Region is onto a much better idea with our approach to reducing the numbers of cars on the road.<\/p>\n

For sure, building our rapidways takes more effort and planning than simply banning cars based on their license plates. But as our system expands, it\u2019s offering more and more people a great alternative to driving. And our positive ridership numbers already show that our investment in reliable, comfortable, convenient rapid transit is paying off.<\/p>\n

As more people choose to leave the keys at home, that means fewer trips will be taken by car. Whether you\u2019re one of the ones on transit, or you need to drive, having a great transit system which includes fast, reliable rapidways – means everyone will benefit. And that\u2019s no joke!<\/p>\n

We wish you all a safe and happy long weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 1 is traditionally a day when the news outlets publish funny stories that no one is meant to take seriously. But this story in the Globe and Mail was apparently true: \u201cthe authorities in Paris imposed 24-hour emergency measures Monday to limit traffic after record-levels of pollution\u201d. And what was the Parisian approach to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4087"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4095,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087\/revisions\/4095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}