Updated June 27, 2011, to add one more solution: move the parade to downtown. If you wanted to get to the Pride Parade yesterday, there was no use in driving. Access was reserved for those who arrived on foot powered transportation. [flickr]photo:5877597943[/flickr] A pedicab operator carries parade goers closer to Halsted and Addison Streets. Taking … Continue reading Pride Parade offers case study on transportation management
Logan Square resident as well as cycling and car-free living advocate Gin Kilgore was recently interviewed in the Chicago Tribune. Grid talks to Gin to get some more information about how others can go car free or “car light.” [flickr]photo:5859140796p[/flickr] Cars aren’t allowed to get this close in Humboldt Park.
[flickr]photo:5862093219[/flickr] [Photos by Christopher Dilts. This piece also runs on Momentum.] Every year hundreds of bike couriers from around the globe descend on a different city for the Cycle Messenger World Championships, with races, arts events and parties celebrating one of the toughest, most enjoyable jobs around. This year the 19th annual worlds take place … Continue reading Augie Montes on plans for 2012 messenger championships in Chicago
Last week in his interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, new commissioner of the Department of Transportation (CDOT), Gabe Klein, indicated he wanted to explore installing a pedestrian scramble at some intersections in the city. This would mean that vehicle traffic is stopped in all directions (an “all red” phase) and people walking can cross in … Continue reading Building Chicago’s first pedestrian scramble
[flickr]photo:5805127410[/flickr] [This piece also appears on Walk Weekend.] Most people think of the Land of Lincoln as Chicago plus pancake-flat prairie, but Southern Illinois is completely different. The region, nicknamed “Little Egypt” because it’s located in the delta of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, is blanketed by the lush Shawnee National Forest and roller-coaster hills, … Continue reading A Car-Free Exodus to “Little Egypt”
Updated June 22, 2011: Added “Note” section about Vincennes and Roosevelt bike lane removals. Have you been riding on a Chicago street in the bike lane and noticed how part of the bike lane striping disappears in certain stretches or doesn’t seem to exist at all? The bike map shows it, as do the BIKE … Continue reading The case of the disappearing bike lane