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Alderman Dowell with 3rd Ward bike campers.
[This piece also appeared in Checkerboard City, John's weekly transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets in print on Thursdays.]
3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell wasn’t always a bicycle-friendly politician. But she says a recent visit to bike-crazy northern Europe opened her eyes to [...]
A person drives their car in the 18th Street separated bike lane.
Grid Chicago gathered photos, videos, and reports from neighbors in April and May about parking and driving in the 18th Street separated bike lane (from Clark Street to Canal Street) and discussed the situation with 25th Ward Alderman Solis’s office in June. [...]
Photo of Alderman Danny Solis by Serge Lubomudrov.
Last night, about 40 people gathered in Simone’s (960 W 18th Street) to hear Alderman Solis (25th Ward) talk about his October trip to the Netherlands. Also speaking was another member of that study tour, Randy Neufeld (note 1, 2), SRAM Cycling Fund director. The [...]
Cyclocross event on Sunday, December 4, 2011, at Montrose Beach.
So many events coming up soon. All of these are also listed in the October to December events page. Last update was 12-09-11, adding three events.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 (two events)
(1) Alderman Solis will discuss his recent [...]
Alderman Solis in Zolle, Netherlands – all photos courtesy of Bikes Belong
[Background info for this post came from a write-up of the trip by Washington D.C. Department of Transportation Bicycle Program Specialist Mike Goodno.]
Earlier this month when I interviewed 25th Ward Alderman Danny Solis about sustainable transportation projects in his ward, [...]
This is the second of a series of interviews I hope to conduct with all fifty Chicago aldermen about walking, biking and transit issues in their ward. Earlier this year I talked to 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett. Last month I spoke with 25th Ward Alderman Daniel “Danny” Solis, whose district includes such diverse [...]
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