{"id":4295,"date":"2009-05-23T18:33:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T22:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/05\/23\/scooters-vs-bikes-vs-ad-creep\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:54:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:54:46","slug":"scooters-vs-bikes-vs-ad-creep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/05\/23\/scooters-vs-bikes-vs-ad-creep\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooters vs. Bikes vs. Ad Creep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3663\/3557228829_4f67c82d60.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Spacing<\/em>&#8216;s current issue, we have a small feature by contributor Liam Lahey on when does a bike truly become a bike (nudge, nudge: <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/stores.htm\">go pick up an issue<\/a>). There has been much <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingtoronto.com\/2009\/03\/toronto-cyclists-union-release-position.html\">debate<\/a> in the cycling community about e-bikes and scooters in Toronto bike lanes, and blatant ad creep, like the example shown above outside of Pages Books on Queen West, can only fuel the tensions between the two-wheeled camps.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/hyfen.net\/\">Andrew Louis<\/a> for the tip. \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Spacing&#8216;s current issue, we have a small feature by contributor Liam Lahey on when does a bike truly become a bike (nudge, nudge: go pick up an issue). 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