Bicycling

Architecture student Thomas Ferrer was critically injured in the crash. Now 25th Ward residents want to spread the word about the need for safer streets.

The advocacy group points out that the riverwalk was originally conceived as a bike facility, but notes that congestion could be reduced by adding protected lanes to Upper Wacker.

While many trail users are fed up with construction detours, the end of the project is within sight.

Sensible, humane labor, housing, health, and education policies and efficient, democratic transportation systems go hand-in-hand.

The $1.2 million cost figure CBS reported for Dearborn actually includes upgrades to several other bikeways.

The quarterly Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting is usually a tightly scheduled show-and-tell, with staff from the Chicago Department of Transportation and other city agencies giving presentations on what they’re doing to improve cycling. But after a particularly bad week for biking in the Chicago area, last Wednesday CDOT threw out the script and opened the floor for cyclists to voice their anxieties and anger over recent traffic violence, and brainstorm ways to prevent more tragedies.

The 30-year-old female cyclist is able to walk, but suffered multiple injuries and has a long road to recovery, according to her attorney.

More bikes, with electrical assist, at cheaper rates, seems to be resulting in more rides.

The police have released surveillance images of the SUV and the driver.