Protected Bike Lanes
What happened when Streetsblog Chicago accepted a protected bike lane skeptic’s challenge to count vehicles on Augusta Boulevard?
If less than 3% of vehicle operators on the corridor rode bikes or scooters, I would tweet that out. If 3% or more did, A.J. Manaseer would donate $1,000 to bike education programs.
So far, the Complete Streets upgrades on 24th in Little Village are going swimmingly, in a bad way
The new protected bike lanes at 24th and Marshall boulevards are prone to flooding. And cycling advocates say the protection doesn't cover enough of 24th.
This is Grand! CDOT cuts ribbon on new protected bike lanes on a key West Side diagonal street
The project also has lots of other nifty Complete Streets features, like raised crosswalks, bus islands, and the conversion of a dangerous slip lane to a new plaza.
Raised expectations: Some curb-protected bike lanes often flood. Could switching to raised lanes solve the problem?
CDOT says building raised bike lanes is more time-consuming and complex that installing on-street bikeways, but raised lanes are becoming more common.
Some good news about Clark Street, for a change: A protected bike lane is on the way
CDOT has started constructing pedestrian islands that will double as protection for the new Clark bike lane between Oak Street and Grand Avenue.
47th Ward Touts Bike/Ped Infra and New Projects at Community Meeting
Ward celebrates improvements on Irving Park and around schools. Next up: Leland Greenway.
Contrary to neighbor’s concerns, Chicago Fire Department says they haven’t heard of any problems with new Dearborn protected bike lane
The bikeway does make Dearborn safer for all road users, which means there will be fewer crashes for first responders to respond to in the first place.
The removal of curb protection from the Doty bike lanes in Ald. Anthony Beale’s 9th Ward really gets our goat
Was the potentially livesaving infrastructure removed due to drainage issues, as CDOT told us, or for some other reason?
Goin’ to Graceland: Take a virtual ride on the nearly finished Clark PBLs between Montrose and Irving Park
The project appears to be pretty much finished, but I'm double checking that no additional concrete, flexi-posts, or paint are planned.
