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Locations where CDOT has indicated it will be striping bikeways (brown) and installing bike lanes with bollards (green) this year. Image: Paul Esling

Here’s a sneak preview of where CDOT may be installing bikeways this year

By John Greenfield | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments

CDOT hasn't confirmed the locations yet, but CNT's Paul Esling has mapped out were the ChiStreetWork data portal indicates new bikeways are coming in this year.

The "Blue Wave" bridge at 41st Street and the lakefront, one of three recently completed or planned bike-ped bridges over Lake Shore Drive. Photo: John Greenfield

Advocates: Lightfoot’s infrastructure plan may be more of the car-centric status quo

By John Greenfield | Apr 27, 2021 | No Comments

The Active Transportation Alliance and Metropolitan Planing Council say the plan lacks specifics and needs more transparency.

The Bloomingdale Trail at Central Park Avenue was closed Thursday morning in the wake of the police shooting. Photo: Ben Helphand, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail

Dear CPD, please stop endangering bystanders by firing guns in stations and on trails

By John Greenfield | Apr 23, 2021 | No Comments

It's way past time for Chicago to reform the department's use of force policies, before some innocent person gets shot while catching a train or enjoying a trail.

The Lakefront Trail's bridge across the Chicago River is now open and about twice as wide as before. Photo: Michelle Stenzel

Eyes on the Street: Navy Pier Flyover nears completion

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 21, 2021 | No Comments

Work on the trail where it tunnels through the bridge houses on the east side of the bridge was expected to be complete this month, weather permitting.

Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments

How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?

Here’s how to provide input on new West Side Divvy station locations

By John Greenfield | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments

This year CDOT and Lyft will be expanding the system further into the West side, and once again they're looking for feedback from local residents on where the new stations should go.

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