Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bike Crashes

An Epidemic of Bike Crashes; Bad Trail Design May Have Caused One of Them

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2016 | 7 Comments

It’s been an awful two weeks for bike collisions in northeast Illinois. On Tuesday of last week, a 29-year-old woman was struck and injured on her bicycle at Jackson and Homan, by a police officer who witnesses say ran a red light without using lights or sirens. That Wednesday bike courier Blaine Klingenberg was fatally […]

Witnesses: Officer Who Ran Red, Injured Cyclist Didn’t Use Lights or Sirens

By John Greenfield | Jun 15, 2016 | 12 Comments

According to the Chicago Police, an officer who struck and injured a 29-year-old female cyclist yesterday while running a traffic signal had activated the squad car’s emergency lights. But a witnesses says neither the car’s lights nor its sirens were on when the officer passed through the intersection, knocking the woman off her bike. The […]

Wife of Cyclist Dragged in Bridgeport Provides an Update on His Condition

By John Greenfield | May 10, 2016 | 4 Comments

Scott Jacobson continues to stoically recover from the horrific injuries he suffered after being struck on his bike and dragged hundreds of feet by a driver, according to Jacobson’s wife Rachel. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen whether the Cook County state’s attorney’s office will level more serious charges against the motorist, who so far […]

Why Driver Who Dragged a Cyclist in Bridgeport Should Face Felony Charges

By John Greenfield | May 6, 2016 | 8 Comments

Earlier this week there was a horrific act of traffic violence in Bridgeport. An SUV driver struck Scott Jacobson as he rode his bicycle and dragged him hundreds of feet, causing grievous injuries. While DNAinfo initially reported that the motorist was only charged with failure to exercise due car for a pedestrian in the roadway, […]

City Tries to Avoid Liability by Calling Bike Lanes “Recreational Property”

By John Greenfield | Jan 19, 2016 | 10 Comments

At a hearing in the Circuit Court of Cook County last week, a judge denied a motion by the city of Chicago’s law department to dismiss a lawsuit by a female bicyclist who was seriously injured after she struck a hole in one of the Damen bike lanes. The law department argued that the bike […]