{"id":7423,"date":"2009-10-23T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=7423"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:00:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:00:21","slug":"can-a-little-gratitude-go-a-long-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/10\/23\/can-a-little-gratitude-go-a-long-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a little gratitude go a long way?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is the latest trend to hit the Toronto cycling community\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6gratitude? CBC Metro Morning<\/a>, The Toronto Star<\/a>, NOW<\/a>, and CTV News have all covered the Toronto Cyclists’ Union’s thank-you cards<\/a>, designed to be handed out to attentive and considerate drivers. But the media, which tends to spin any bike-positive story as a battle in the so-called War on the Car<\/a>, has been nonplussed by the TCU’s recent attempt to bring civility into sharing the streets.<\/p>\n

Yvonne Bambrick, Executive Director of the Toronto Cyclists’ Union, mentioned the Michael Bryant-Darcy Sheppard incident earlier this summer as a motivating reason to launch the campaign. The tidbit is something media sources have been careful to repeat.\u00a0 Perhaps linking this outreach effort to a clear sore spot between drivers and cyclists will help soothe lingering tension between the groups; on the other hand, it’s a flashy and familiar headline for media sources to reference.<\/p>\n

Spacing wrote about this<\/a> when the TCU launched the event, but what do you think? What have you thought of the media coverage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is the latest trend to hit the Toronto cycling community\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6gratitude? CBC Metro Morning, The Toronto Star, NOW, and CTV News have all covered the Toronto Cyclists’ Union’s thank-you cards, designed to be handed out to attentive and considerate drivers. 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