{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Atlantic","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic","author_name":"Emma Feltes","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/author\/emmafeltes\/","title":"The best of the West: cycling infrastructure - Spacing Atlantic","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hbSbIwnERt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/09\/16\/the-best-of-the-west-cycling-infrastructure\/\">The best of the West: cycling infrastructure<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/09\/16\/the-best-of-the-west-cycling-infrastructure\/embed\/#?secret=hbSbIwnERt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The best of the West: cycling infrastructure&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Atlantic\" data-secret=\"hbSbIwnERt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"WESTERN CANADA &#8211; Most references to superior cycling infrastructure tend to default to\u00a0the Netherlands, Portland, and \u2014 largely thanks to Gil and Enrique Penalosa \u2014 occasionally\u00a0Colombia.\u00a0 While international models like these provide\u00a0enough cyclist envy\u00a0to fuel tense debates\u00a0in a lagging city like Halifax, I have sometimes wondered why \u2014 outside of Montreal&#8217;s Bixi program \u2014 comparativelyContinue reading","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4131\/4945524807_c3c4b719aa_z.jpg"}