{"id":1905,"date":"2013-03-08T16:41:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T16:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rrroca.org\/en\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2013-03-10T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T16:48:01","slug":"car-free-in-calgary-what-a-familys-life-without-wheels-taught-them-about-the-city-and-themse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rrroca.org\/en\/car-free-in-calgary-what-a-familys-life-without-wheels-taught-them-about-the-city-and-themse\/","title":{"rendered":"Car-free in Calgary: What a family&#8217;s life without wheels taught them about the city and themse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1906\" alt=\"7905431\" src=\"https:\/\/rrroca.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/7905431-600x399.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our family has lived without a vehicle in Calgary for the past 14 years. This is in spite of the city\u2019s notorious urban sprawl, it\u2019s sometimes long, bitter winters and the relentless societal pressure to own a vehicle. This at the risk of being dismissed as \u201cradical environmentalists\u201d or just plain crazy (we\u2019ve been called both).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/life\/free+Calgary+What+family+life+without+wheels+taught+them+about+city+themselves\/7905430\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our family has lived without a vehicle in Calgary for the past 14 years. This is in spite of the city\u2019s notorious urban sprawl, it\u2019s sometimes long, bitter winters and the relentless societal pressure to own a vehicle. 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