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Female Cyclists Share Tips and Encouragement at Women on Wheels Summit
“I became one with the biking culture,” said Angela Ford, discussing her personal cycling renaissance during the keynote speech at Women on Wheels, a conference hosted last Saturday in Pilsen by the group Women Bike Chicago. “This is what I’m gonna live,” she decided eight years ago.
April 18, 2014
Why Do Women Use Their Divvy Memberships Less Than Men?
Divvy's data release last month raised as many questions as it answered about bike-share use in Chicago. Chicago Spectrum was the first to point out that there's a large gap between male and female Divvy members. Women make up 31 percent of the membership, but the trip data showed that women made only 21 percent of the trips.
March 12, 2014
A Note on the Personal Choices Facing Women Who Bike
Editor's note: After Michelle reported on the Women Bike Chicago Conference earlier this month, the Tiny Fix posted a critique of Cynthia Bell's advice to "not look too sexy" at a workshop on comfort, safety, and style. This is Michelle's response.
March 29, 2013
What I Heard at the Women Bike Chicago Conference
Michelle Stenzel is co-chair of Bike Walk Lincoln Park, a committee to make walking and cycling safe in that neighborhood.
March 26, 2013
Tomorrow at UIC: The Women Bike Chicago Conference
Guest contributor Lisa Phillips trained as a journalist and then urban planner, while becoming an almost-daily bicyclist. She has worked at the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Department of Transportation, and has volunteered with Cycling Sisters and Bike Winter.
March 22, 2013