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A bike path in Davis, California. Photo: Ruth Rosas

Davis, California: toma el ciclismo en serio por 55 años

By Ruth Rosas | Mar 31, 2022 | No Comments

Andar en bicicleta en Davis me dejó con el pensamiento reforzado de que la gente quiere andar en bicicleta y si proporcionamos la infraestructura y seguridad adecuada, la gente usará la bicicleta.

Davis, California: Taking bicycling seriously for 55 years

By Ruth Rosas | Mar 31, 2022 | No Comments

Biking in Davis left me with the reinforced thought that people want to bike and if we provide the right infrastructure and safety, people will bike.

A parent and kid on a car-free trip to Indiana Dunes National Park. Photo: John Greenfield

South Shore, bike riders now have to pay to visit Dunes NP, often as much as drivers

By John Greenfield | Mar 25, 2022 | No Comments

It makes no sense to charge two people who arrive by foot, bike, or train twice as much per person as four people who show up in a greenhouse gas-emitting car.

The State/Lake 'L' station and DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Photos: John Greenfield

The great motor divide: How our obsession with cars has driven us apart

By Colin Anderson | Mar 22, 2022 | No Comments

Transportation by private car fails the city socially, while transit’s built-in opportunities for contact and cooperation are tools we desperately need to leverage in order to learn how to live together again.

The Kennedy Expressway. Photo: John Greenfield

Congressional reps to JB: Road expansion won’t solve traffic jams, will make inequities worse

By Courtney Cobbs | Mar 16, 2022 | No Comments

"Highway expansion fails to achieve long-term congestion relief but instead increases pollution and further isolates people who can’t afford or aren’t physically able to drive."

The concrete curb-protected bike lanes on Campbell Avenue in North Center are a relatively rare example of a Chicago bike route with sturdy protection from drivers. Photo: Rebecca Resman

New York City’s plan to bolster bike lanes with concrete could leave Chicago in the dust

By Courtney Cobbs | Mar 16, 2022 | No Comments

New York City has promised to add concrete barriers to their bike lanes that are currently delineated with paint and plastic posts. Chicago should follow.

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