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Berwyn! Take a virtual bike ride from the channel to the lake, mostly on Berwyn Avenue, thanks to new contraflow lanes east of Clark Street

While this itinerary detours several blocks onto Balmoral Avenue, next year that shouldn't be necessary.

October 5, 2024

When it comes to following the basic rules of journalism, Inside Publications’ anti-bike editor is a Roenigk-ade

Ronald Roenigk's articles are often inflammatory and misleading. And even if he knows he got the facts wrong, he may not run a correction.

September 24, 2024

Which Metra corridor would become more bike-friendly and greener under a new plan? Ravenswood!

Thanks to plans to convert little-used parking spaces, the avenue is slated to get a new bike lane, and the Winnslie Parkway path and garden will be extended south.

May 3, 2024

Ride like the Dickens! Take a virtual ride on the long-NIMBYed, now completed Dickens Greenway

In a move not previously mentioned by CDOT to Streetsblog, the route features more-or-less the first bike-centric traffic diverter installed in Chicago.

January 5, 2024

Safe Streets Advocates: 1, NIMBYs: 0. After years of surreal opposition, CDOT finally begins building Dickens Greenway

After [checks watch] 4.5 years of stonewalling by some Lincoln Park residents, yesterday the Chicago Department of Transportation started constructing the bike route.

October 3, 2023

Take a virtual ride on the new Leavitt Street Greenway

The route is partially finished between Diversey Parkway and Montrose Avenue, and it will soon extend to Berwyn Avenue.

September 16, 2023

What’s going on with the Bucktown stretch of the Leavitt Neighborhood Greenway?

Unfortunately the contraflow lanes and shared-lane markings got prematurely sketched, but the real thing is on the way.

August 28, 2023

Here are the new plans for traffic diverters instead of PBLs on the Wood Street Neighborhood Greenway

While the new proposal is a major change from the original protected bike lane plans, installing traffic diverters will go a long way towards making Wood truly bike-friendly.

August 4, 2023