{"id":614,"date":"2006-03-12T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2006-03-12T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=614"},"modified":"2007-03-05T18:44:16","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T22:44:16","slug":"the-cult-of-transit-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/03\/12\/the-cult-of-transit-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"The cult of transit lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/4\/4502737_1f2bad7fbc.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Toronto Star<\/em> did an a full-page article on transit lovers today, and it featured a number of people connected to <em>Spacing<\/em> (and <em>Spacing<\/em> itself!). Interviewed are Sean Lerner of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ttcrider.ca\">TTC Rider Guide<\/a>, Shawn Micallef of <em>Spacing<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/murmurtoronto.ca\">[murmur]<\/a>, Steve Munro of <a href=\"http:\/\/stevemunro.ca\">stevemunro.ca<\/a> and his 34 years of transit advocacy, and Kevin and Lori from <a href=\"http:\/\/newmindspace.ca\">Newmindspace<\/a>. The article also deals a fair bit with our subway <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/buttons.htm\">button collection<\/a>. You can read the big fat article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1142118641180&#038;call_pageid=968332188492&#038;col=968793972154&#038;t=TS_Home\">here<\/a>.   <em>Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/striatic\/\">Bryan Partington<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Star did an a full-page article on transit lovers today, and it featured a number of people connected to Spacing (and Spacing itself!). 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