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Clark Street buffered bike lane just north of Diversey Avenue. Photo by Adam Herstein.
CDOT responded today to my inquiry asking why Clark Street between Diversey Avenue and Addison Avenue received a buffered bike lane and not a protected bike lane. Bikeways planner Mike Amsden writes:
Clark Street (Diversey to Addison) was striped as a [...]
The People Spot at Little Black Pearl art center in Bronzeville. Photo courtesy of CDOT.
[This piece also appeared in Checkerboard City, John's weekly transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets in print on Thursdays.]
Local pundits like ex-Sun-Times columnist Mark Konkol and the Tribune’s John McCarron and John [...]
The owner talks to party guests. You can see the small food menu above him.
Guests to Saturday night’s opening party at Heritage Bicycles and General Store (2959 N Lincoln Avenue) had their choice of free wine and any coffee drink the baristas could make. There were hors d’oeuvres and delicious cupcakes, too.
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 [...]
Heritage Bicycles staff
It was a nice surprise when I checked e-mail Monday morning and saw an announcement for the grand opening party for Heritage Bicycles General Store, Chicago’s first bike shop café, on Saturday, January 28, 6-11 pm at 2959 N. Lincoln. I immediately called up owner Michael Salvatore to ask for a [...]
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