{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"Shoshanna Saxe","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/shoshanna\/","title":"Does Toronto need a transit referendum? - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NoWXtAEws4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/11\/03\/toronto-need-transit-referendum\/\">Does Toronto need a transit referendum?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/11\/03\/toronto-need-transit-referendum\/embed\/#?secret=NoWXtAEws4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Does Toronto need a transit referendum?&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"NoWXtAEws4\" 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","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/10\/REFERENDUM.jpg","thumbnail_width":492,"thumbnail_height":369,"description":"Transit referendums are a common tool in the US to raise money for infrastructure investment. I have not found evidence of them being used to date in Canada. Historically, Canadian transit investment has followed government priorities with the majority of funding coming from the\u00a0Provincial and Federal Governments. While some US regions mandate a transit ballotContinue reading"}