Protected Bike Lanes
When it comes to protected bike lanes near the Diversey Rock ‘N’ Bowl, has CDOT thrown a gutter ball?
Why did the department rip out the curb protection from the Logan Boulevard bike lanes next to the bowling alley, and will the heralded Diversey PBLs ever be installed?
How many people use Logan Square’s Milwaukee Avenue PBLs in 32F weather? Quite a few!
Evanston’s revised Chicago Avenue PBL extension proposal, which would *add* parking, should appease all but the most car-centric skeptics
Take a virtual ride on the new parking-to-PBL conversion on Milwaukee between Kedzie and California
From Evanston: Enthusiasm mounting for proposed Chicago Ave. bike lane
While an article in the Evanston RoundTable suggests that most residents are opposed to the project, hundreds of people signed a letter to support it.
Enthusiasm for curbs: CDOT has added concrete protection to the West Side’s Douglas and Franklin boulevards
Sorry Block Club, merchants claiming that bike-ped upgrades on Lincoln “could put existing shops out of business” is not a news story
It's not a legitimate subject for investigation, any more-so than the news item, "Merchants say Bigfoot exists."
Gotta keep ’em separated: What percentage of vehicle operators on Augusta during the PM rush are using the protected lanes?
Even after we found that during non-rush hours, the lanes carried about 60 percent more bike and scooter riders than a skeptic predicted, he still wasn't impressed. But how many people ride in them during rush hours?
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.
