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IDOT Blocks Protected Bike Lanes on Several Chicago Streets Until 2014
At IDOT's insistence, this part of Jackson Boulevard was left with a buffered bike lane instead of the originally proposed protected bike lane. Last month we noted that the Illinois Department of...
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To Make Cycling Accessible, Milwaukee Needs Continuous Protection
Milwaukee will need continuous protection for cyclists to prevent the kind of hazards -- like bike lane-blocking trucks -- which keep people from riding. The Chicago Department of Transportation is...
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It’s Official: It’s Legal to Ride Outside of Protected Bike Lanes
Protected bike lane on Elston Avenue. Photo by Blue Fairlane. The following conversation from Wednesday’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting is a great example of what can be accomplished when...
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CDOT Unveils Bold Vision for Milwaukee Bike Lanes; Drivers Grouse
CDOT rendering of protected lane on Milwaukee, looking southeast from Ogden. At last night’s community meeting at Intuit arts center, the Chicago Department of Transportation discussed its vision for...
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Eyes on the Street: Milwaukee PBL Construction Starts Sooner Than Expected
Looking southeast at Milwaukee/Ogden - a buffered lane is already rideable. Photo by John Greenfield. It was quite a surprise to come upon fresh white thermoplastic stripes on Milwaukee Avenue Thursday...
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Driver Kills Cyclist on Clybourn, Where IDOT Is Blocking Protected Bike Lanes
Looking northwest at the Infiniti car. Photo: Jon Kobiljak, via DNA Info. Police are questioning the driver of a Mercedes who was involved in a head-on collision with an Inifiti and then fatally struck...
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Bike Writer Elly Blue Discusses the Economic Value of Safe Streets
Elly Blue, left, discusses the economics of cycling outside of Heritage Bikes. Photo by John Greenfield On Monday, the month-long Dinner & Bikes tour, featuring bicycling author Elly Blue, writer...
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Hamstrung by IDOT, City Plans Buffered Lanes Where Cann Was Killed
Ghost Bike memorial to Bobby Cann the 1300 block of North Clybourn. Photo: John Greenfield Last Thursday, about a week after the May 29th death of cyclist Robert “Bobby” Cann, killed by an allegedly...
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New Bike Lane Design on Milwaukee Should Reduce Crashes and Frustration
The bikeway upgrades on Milwaukee Avenue between Elston Avenue and Kinzie Street were completed Wednesday, adding bike lanes separated from traffic with parking and flexible posts. Other features...
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Marshall Bike Lanes Are Getting Correct Signs Seven Months After Installation
Looking north on Marshall Boulevard last April; Cars are parked in the bike lanes. In November, Chicago Department of Transportation crews installed bike lanes on Marshall Boulevard from Sacramento...
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IDOT’s Protected Lane Ban Overshadows Development of State Bike Plan
Alta's Craig Williams takes a question from the audience. Photo: John Greenfield As the Illinois Department of Transportation launches the public input process for the state’s first-ever statewide...
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CDOT Considers Bold Steps to Make Room for Protected Lanes on Milwaukee
Biking on Milwaukee Avenue at Grand Street. Photo by Steven Vance. The Chicago Department of Transportation has added many miles of protected and buffered bike lanes across the city, but it can be...
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How to Create Protected Bike Lanes That Confident Cyclists Will Enjoy Riding
The Kinzie Street protected lane. Is this what Milwaukee Avenue will look like in the future? Photo courtesy of CDOT. As Steven Vance wrote recently, protected bicycle lanes will be crucial for...
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CDOT Discusses Plans for Buffered and Protected Lanes on Milwaukee Tonight
The Milwaukee/Grand/Halsted intersection. Photo by Steven Vance. If you live or work on the Near Northwest Side and/or bike commute regularly on Milwaukee Avenue, try to stop by tonight’s community...
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Eyes on the Street: Milwaukee Repaving Done, Protected Lanes Taking Shape
Looking north at Milwaukee/Chicago/Ogden, Chicago's worst intersection for bike crashes, now covered with silky-smooth pavement. Photo by John Greenfield. The Chicago Department of Transportation’s...
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It’s Time for CDOT to Stop Calling Buffered Bike Lanes “Protected”
Clark Street should not be counted as a protected bike lane. After Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor, he released a transition report that called for creating 100 miles of protected bike lanes by May...
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An Update on CDOT’s Bikeway Construction
A crew installs buffered bike lanes on Madison Street. Photo: CDOT We’re currently in the midst of a bike lane building boom. Earlier this year the Chicago Department of Transportation completed...
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Protected Bike Lanes Will Make State Street a Greater Street
Bicyclist on State Street. Photo: CDOT If support from aldermen Patricia Dowell (3rd) and Will Burns (4th) expressed at a public meeting on Tuesday is any indication, it should be relatively easy for...
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Bike Writer Elly Blue Discusses the Economics of Cycling
Elly Blue at City Lit bookstore. Photo: Serge Lubomudrov On Friday I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion of cycling and economics with bike writer Elly Blue, author of the new book “Bikenomics:...
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City Explains Gap in Snow Removal From Protected Bike Lanes This Week
Kinzie bike lane plowed & salted except for bridge & of course , bridge sidewalk @transitized pic.twitter.com/UvuFzScEGR — Ding Ding Let's Ride (@DingDingLR) December 9, 2013 Residual snow in...
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