{"id":105,"date":"2005-08-09T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2005-08-09T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=105"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:18:48","slug":"bicycles-are-no-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/09\/bicycles-are-no-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Accidental Cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.king5.com\/topstories\/stories\/L_IMAGE.10543a66c1a.93.88.fa.7c.30a41c03.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostcycle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group of concerned cyclists has started a project called <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/ghostcycle.org\/\">Ghostcycle<\/a> in Seattle.  The group  gathered data about local bicycle collisions and then chained up <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.king5.com\/topstories\/stories\/NW_080105WABghostcycleSW.309c2e45.html\">40 white bicycle memorials<\/a> <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.bugmenot.com\/view.php?url=www.king5.com\">(password)<\/a> around the city.  Maybe <a target=blank  href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/transportation\/publications\/bicycle_motor-vehicle\/\">Toronto<\/a> needs a similar reminder.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.planetark.com\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/31898\/story.htm\">Planet Ark<\/a> reports that Americans purchased more bicycles than new cars and trucks combined in the past year &#8212; and all without employee discounts or zero-percent financing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of concerned cyclists has started a project called Ghostcycle in Seattle. The group gathered data about local bicycle collisions and then chained up 40 white bicycle memorials (password) around the city. Maybe Toronto needs a similar reminder. Meanwhile Planet Ark reports that Americans purchased more bicycles than new cars and trucks combined in<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/09\/bicycles-are-no-accident\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Accidental Cyclists&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21757,13,9],"tags":[23,25,21,430,19],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-communication","category-green-space","category-traffic","tag-environment","tag-intervention","tag-other-cities","tag-seattle","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Accidental Cyclists - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/09\/bicycles-are-no-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accidental Cyclists - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group of concerned cyclists has started a project called Ghostcycle in Seattle. 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