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Asinine Ad Bikes Invade Streets
The astute indie rockers on Stillepost spotted this press release. While not technically a new thing, the re-launch of these ad bikes is disturbing. Torontoist remembers seeing them last summer and being really really angry.
Cyclemedia claims that their adbikes don’t “contribute to urban congestion.” Really? Torontoist isn’t always the brightest bulb in the box but even we can see that hugging the sidewalk with your ad bike is going to cause some “congestion.” Downtown streets are pretty narrow. Don’t even get us started about seeing these in bike lanes!
The press release from Cyclemedia also raises a few interesting points:
These billboards are impossible to miss and are fully interactive! Get ready for in your face advertising that literally screams from the streets of Toronto!
Fully interactive? So if some those angry stilleposters and other angry Torontonians decide to hurl eggs and rotten food that’s fine? You did say fully interactive. And Cyclemedia has got one thing right, we’re screaming alright. Cyclemedia you’ll be hearing from some of us very very soon.