{"id":74,"date":"2004-09-13T16:12:30","date_gmt":"2004-09-13T04:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=74"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:52:47","slug":"traffic-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/13\/traffic-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/media\/traffic20040913-1604.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Traffic cam 16:04\" align=\"right\">I&#8217;d rather be biking that driving in this. Instead biking or driving I&#8217;ll be getting wet walking to the bus stop, waiting a while, sitting on the bus, then walking down my street. A hot shower is on order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> If I was cycling I&#8217;d be home sooner and warmed up from the bike ride, or I&#8217;d be under the wheels of a van that failed to yield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.transit.govt.nz\/Traffic\/index.asp\">Transit NZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d rather be biking that driving in this. Instead biking or driving I&#8217;ll be getting wet walking to the bus stop, waiting a while, sitting on the bus, then walking down my street. A hot shower is on order. If I was cycling I&#8217;d be home sooner and warmed up from the bike ride, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-day-to-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/27\/danger_on_the_roads\/","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":0},"title":"Danger on the roads","author":"Brian","date":"27 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting data in the World report on road traffic injury prevention by The World Health Organization (WHO). 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