{"id":2200,"date":"2007-08-18T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2007-08-18T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:41:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:41:21","slug":"a-girl-i-admire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/08\/18\/a-girl-i-admire\/","title":{"rendered":"A girl I admire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Crossposted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiketo.ca\/\">I Bike TO<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nA 16-year-old Toronto teenager tells the <a href=\"http:\/\/communities.canada.com\/nationalpost\/blogs\/toronto\/archive\/2007\/08\/16\/urban-scrawl-the-hazards-of-cycling-in-the-city.aspx\">National Post<\/a> about her harrowing experience trying to commute to her summer job&#8230;by bike.<\/p>\n<p>In her story, she asks this eternal question: <em>Usually &#8212; and generously &#8212; cyclists move to the side of the road to allow faster moving vehicles to pass. 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