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Of Montreal: What Chicago can learn about winter bikeway maintenance from “The City of Saints”
This article was written by John Greenfield, with additional research by Cameron Bolton
February 3, 2026
We asked CDOT what’s on tap for properly maintaining Chicago’s protected bike lanes after snowstorms.
The department needs to promptly plow bikeways after blizzards, or else face arguments that riders were better off with old-style, paint-only bike lanes.
December 4, 2025
Naysayers made noise about Kedzie and Archer Complete Street projects. Ald. Ramirez and CDOT discussed why the safety upgrades are needed.
November 26, 2025
Eyes on the street: Taking a spin on the new-and-improved Milwaukee protected bike lanes in River West, with a few constructive criticisms
October 1, 2025
Uptown, girl! Installation of the Uptown Extension protected bike lanes on Clark from Montrose to Winnemac is slated to start today
On Friday, I responded to a recent People for Bikes article alleging that Chicago is the milk carton kid among large U.S. cities who should be creating high-quality, low-stress cycling networks: missing in action.
August 18, 2025
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, June 24
•Delays hit Metra Union Pacific-North trains (Sun-Times)
June 24, 2025
Yet more garbage “journalism” from Inside Publications NIMBY newspapers, this time falsely arguing PBLs are bad for bus riders
Streetsblog Chicago has fact-checked anti-bikeway articles from the local "Not In My Back Yard" neighborhood newspaper chain Inside Publications many, many times. Their publisher / editor Ronald Roenigk should make a donation to us for all the free publicity he's gotten.
April 8, 2025
Ward staff check in with businesses about Uptown Extension protected lane proposal. Residents applaud the idea at Beacon Block Club meeting.
The Chicago Department of Transportation suggested converting a lane of car parking to make room for the shielded bikeways, shorten crossing distances, and calm traffic.
April 2, 2025
