Events

The ride is returning this Saturday and, due to the ongoing cycling boom during the COVID-19 pandemic, promises to be even bigger this time.

The announcement at the top of this month’s recovery report from the Chicago Loop Alliance, which tracks pedestrian levels, transportation use and office and hotel occupancy, is a gradual return of life downtown. The Loop Alliance’s eighteen pedestrian counters situated along State Street from Wacker to Ida B. Wells logged over one million people per week on the street for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Altenheim Line could spur development in North Lawndale. But residents are worried it could also lead to displacement.

It would be great if this approach of creating a cohesive, useful bike network all at once was implemented in every Chicago community that currently lacks one.

"We really need to work together and build trust so people can work together to build a broader coalition."

The purpose of the event was "to a promote an active, healthy lifestyle to residents of the far South Side.

Rebecca Resman from Chicago Family Biking provides a report on Saturday's Chicago Family Bike Fest and Sunday's Roscoe Village Kidical Mass bike ride.

Converting Glenwood to a one-way between Devon and Pratt is a promising idea to make the street more bikeable.

Local alderman Leslie Hairston also discussed transportation plans for the Obama Presidential Center.