Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bicycling

Bike riders on the 4500 block of North Clark Street Monday afternoon. Photo: John Greenfield

Big support for protected bike lanes at Clark Street Crossroad planning workshop

By Courtney Cobbs | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

Stakeholders of Clark Street between Montrose and Foster gathered to give input on the future of the corridor. Topics ranged from transportation, housing type, building facades, and place making opportunities.

Koloni bikes at the Palatine Metra station. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Harper College pilots bike-share for northwest suburbs as bus service returns to campus

By Igor Studenkov | Jul 24, 2022 | No Comments

Harper College, a community college based in Palatine, has teamed up with Koloni bike-share platform to launch a bike-share pilot. Meanwhile, Pace is launching a new bus route to serve the community college.

Usando bicicletas no eléctricas en el Loop. Los paseos en bicicletas azules siguen siendo gratuitos para los miembros, pero todos los viajes en bicicleta eléctrica ahora tienen un cargo por minuto y, eventualmente, serán el único tipo de bicicleta disponible. Foto: John Greenfield

El nuevo precio de Divvy no es asequible para muchos residentes y, por eso no es equitativo

By Ruth Rosas | Jul 22, 2022 | No Comments

De manera perversa, el plan de alcance comunitario de CDOT y Lyft sobre el nuevo sistema de precios fue planeado después de que a los miembros ya se les estaban cobrando las nuevas tarifas de bicicletas eléctricas.

A bike lane scofflaw on Clark Street in Lakeview. (License number obscured.) Photo: @tomzychi

Alderperson LaSpata provides an update on efforts to improve bike lane enforcement

By John Greenfield | Jul 21, 2022 | No Comments

While the much-desired ability for bike riders to hold blockers accountable isn't a thing yet, it could be in the foreseeable future.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) argues for his ordinance to allow 9 mph speeding at today's City Council meeting.

Traffic safety advocates helped defeat ordinance to allow deadly speeds near parks and schools

By John Greenfield | Jul 20, 2022 | No Comments

Now that Beale's ordinance has been defeated, there's more work to be done to make Chicago's speed camera program, and traffic safety strategies in general, more equitable and effective.

Public comment: Why alders should vote no on the ordinance to allow 9 mph speeding

By John Greenfield | Jul 20, 2022 | No Comments

Here are John's prepared remarks for the public comment period of today's City Council meeting in advance of the vote on Ald. Anthony Beale's (9th) ordinance to raise the speed camera ticketing threshold.

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