{"id":11145,"date":"2010-05-16T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=11145"},"modified":"2010-05-14T17:06:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T21:06:58","slug":"morning-bike-traffic-when-congestion-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/05\/16\/morning-bike-traffic-when-congestion-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning bike traffic: when congestion is good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n-AbPav5E5M&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n-AbPav5E5M&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Last year I spent a month in <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s=iceland\">Iceland<\/a>, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany examining how the great cities of those countries tackle urban design, transportation and planning issues. Previously, I&#8217;ve also spent time in The Netherlands where I got to experience the quaint and charming city of Utrecht, though it was only for two rain-filled days so I sadly never got to see the scene portrayed in the video above.<\/p>\n<p>What is remarkable about the video is the sheer volume of trips made by bike in the morning rush hour. I got to see similar scenes in Copenhagen and <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/06\/07\/malmo-urban-design-slideshow\/\">Malmo<\/a> last year \u2014 although I was only armed with a camera I tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/05\/16\/bike-traffic-in-copenhagen\/\">capture the &#8220;congestion&#8221; of bikes<\/a> on a busy throughfare.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For cycling advocates here in Toronto, seeing a video like this can be both uplifting and depressing at the same time. 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