{"id":5619,"date":"2013-04-26T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/04\/26\/economist-cycling-is-the-new-golf\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:20","slug":"economist-cycling-is-the-new-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/04\/26\/economist-cycling-is-the-new-golf\/","title":{"rendered":"Economist: Cycling is the new golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Obe0N3svcb4\/UXp7JpngqLI\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/g9_FTXLtAB4\/s1600\/20130427_bkp511.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Obe0N3svcb4\/UXp7JpngqLI\/AAAAAAAAA9c\/g9_FTXLtAB4\/s400\/20130427_bkp511.jpg?resize=400%2C225\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/prospero\/2013\/04\/business-networking\">Story<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,78,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-nbggrabbag","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1sD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5674,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/07\/12\/brazil-program-sees-inmates-cycling-to-freedom\/","url_meta":{"origin":5619,"position":0},"title":"Brazil Program Sees Inmates Cycling to Freedom","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In Brazil, prisoners can earn reduced sentences for making electricity!\u00a0The Story","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NBGGrabBag&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NBGGrabBag","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/nbggrabbag\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-UXKM3VgntG0\/T_75fMxw9RI\/AAAAAAAAAPY\/s0n3XNmxYRQ\/s320\/APTOPIX%2BBrazil%2BBiking_Pata%281%29.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8099,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/04\/30\/in-case-u-missed-it-fortunes-take-on-cycling-as-new-golf\/","url_meta":{"origin":5619,"position":1},"title":"In Case U Missed It &#8211; Fortune&#8217;s Take on Cycling as New Golf","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"April 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Long have those of us on two-wheels known that cycling is the new golf. 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