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[This piece originally ran on the website of the Green Lane Project, an initiative that is promoting protected and buffered bike lanes nationwide, sponsored by the national advocacy group Bikes Belong. The term "green lanes" refers to protected and buffered lanes and other innovative bikeways.]
Bike planners and advocates get excited when green [...]
The eastbound bike lane begins at this bus stop at Cottage Grove Avenue.
Erik Swedlund shares these photos taken Wednesday and today of construction on 55th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue.
Room for the cycle track is made possible by removing a travel lane in each direction. Elements of this project that [...]
Photo by Alan Scott Walker
This guest post was submitted by Tim Eyre, who crosses the country frequently for his job as a manager with Extra Space Storage. Eyre is a cycling enthusiast and he’s found that exploring the cities he visits via bicycle is a good way to connect with and learn about [...]
CDOT’s Mike Amsden and 4th Ward Alderman Will Burns
I’m always happy to pay a visit to my old stomping ground of Hyde Park-Kenwood. So Monday afternoon I took advantage of a nice southbound wind and pedaled down the lakefront to Kenwood Academy for a 4th Ward community meeting hosted by Alderman Will Burns. At [...]
People cycle on Wrightwood Avenue at Southport Avenue, a street that residents of the North Side district would like to see as a bicycle boulevard. Photo by Eric Rogers.
John wrote on Tuesday about the West Side district’s efforts for the Streets for [...]
Bicycling on 76th Street, a recommended bike route under the Skyway and several railroad viaducts, and some of the poor conditions described below. Photo by Eric Rogers.
Editor’s note: Anne Alt writes about cycling on the south side of Chicago, in two parts. -SV
Five years ago, I moved from Rogers Park to Beverly when [...]
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