{"id":98033173,"date":"2008-02-09T15:26:13","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T15:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=98033173"},"modified":"2008-02-09T15:26:13","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T15:26:13","slug":"chicago-mayor-defending-cyclist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=98033173","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor defending cyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago bicyclists, Mayor Daley knows your pain.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would slap fines ranging from $150 to $500 on motorists who turn left or right in front of someone on a bicycle; pass with less than three feet of space between car and bike; and open a vehicle door into the path of a cyclist.<\/p>\n<p>Daley, an avid rider, said he personally has been involved in unhappy encounters with motorists, providing them with &quot;a few choice words&quot; and &quot;salutes&quot; that he said were delivered &quot;in the Chicago way.&quot;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.chicagotribune.com\/clout_st\/2008\/02\/bike-riding-dal.html\">https:\/\/newsblogs.chicagotribune.com\/clout_st\/2008\/02\/bike-riding-dal.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs2chicago.com\/local\/bicycle.lane.tickets.2.648294.html\">https:\/\/cbs2chicago.com\/local\/bicycle.lane.tickets.2.648294.html<\/a>oldId.20080209152613342<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago bicyclists, Mayor Daley knows your pain. The mayor introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would slap fines ranging from $150 to $500 on motorists who turn left or right in front of someone on a bicycle; pass with less than three feet of space between car and bike; and open a vehicle door into the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=98033173\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chicago Mayor defending cyclist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98033173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98033173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98033173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98033173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98033173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98033173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98033173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}