{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"John Lorinc","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/john\/","title":"London, Paris, Toronto: A tale of three biking cities - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4TjPyS0xtb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/10\/14\/a-tale-of-three-cities\/\">London, Paris, Toronto: A tale of three biking cities<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/10\/14\/a-tale-of-three-cities\/embed\/#?secret=4TjPyS0xtb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;London, Paris, Toronto: A tale of three biking cities&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"4TjPyS0xtb\" 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\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/54553575393_36fde663f4_k.jpg","thumbnail_width":2048,"thumbnail_height":1225,"description":"I spent some time in the past couple of weeks in London and Paris, and there&#8217;s an emerging point of contrast between these two alpha-cities that has become impossible to ignore. Similar in size, population and density, both are extremely well served by rapid transit. And like many ancient river cities, they have gnarly streetContinue reading"}