{"id":69339,"date":"2024-10-01T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=69339"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:05:46","slug":"podcast-spacing-radio-082-torontos-political-gridlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2024\/10\/01\/podcast-spacing-radio-082-torontos-political-gridlock\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Spacing Radio 082, Toronto&#8217;s political gridlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, we respond to Doug Ford&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10770451\/doug-ford-bike-lanes-comments\/\">stated plan<\/a> of banning new bike lanes in Ontario municipalities and building an underground highway from Markham to Scarborough.<\/p>\n<p>Then we speak to environmental lawyer and cycling advocate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlbertKoehl?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Albert Koehl<\/a> about his book <a href=\"https:\/\/spacingstore.ca\/products\/wheeling-through-toronto?_pos=1&amp;_sid=6f346ad8d&amp;_ss=r\"><em>Wheeling Through Toronto: a history of the bicycle and its riders<\/em><\/a>. We talk about how attitudes towards cyclists have changed over time, or even repeated themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we talk to transportation consultant and former TTC Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Adam_Giambrone?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Adam Giambrone<\/a> about the need for a culture change at Toronto&#8217;s transportation commission.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the podcast on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/spacing-radio\/id1124077274\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7j3L15Vo36v6MJGXask9HG\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen#\/ps\/Ix2fkh233gvpmmbgtby7exujgt4\">Google Play<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\">SoundCloud<\/a>, or follow our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:233628346\/sounds.rss\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1927002011&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Spacing Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacing Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Episode 82: Toronto's political gridlock\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\/episode-82-torontos-political-gridlock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 82: Toronto&#8217;s political gridlock<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, we respond to Doug Ford&#8217;s stated plan of banning new bike lanes in Ontario municipalities and building an underground highway from Markham to Scarborough. 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