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Let’s lobby for fair sustainable transportation funding in Chicago’s 2021 budget
It may seem like an uphill battle during COVID, but it's important to remember that sustainable transportation investments generally provides excellent bang for the buck in terms of economic benefits.
September 14, 2020
Let’s install cheap, quick plastic curb-protected bike lanes all over Chicago
An upcoming bikeway project in Logan Square will demonstrate this fairly cheap, quick, flexible, and effective approach to installing protected lanes that should be repeated across the city.
September 12, 2020
Chicago’s spike in cycling fatalities continues with first e-Divvy death on Near West Side
The latest fatality was the seventh on-street Chicago bike fatality, and the second bike-share death in our city.
September 9, 2020
Chicago lock-to rule means scooters are parked on bike racks. Is that a problem or NBD?
The downside of the lock-to strategy is that scooters are taking up space on our city's limited number of bike parking fixtures, and that really annoys some cyclists.
September 4, 2020
There were at least two injury crashes this week near Belmont/LSD, a collision hotspot
It's not clear exactly why this area is a problem spot, but it appears that better guard rail protection is needed.
September 4, 2020
Ramirez-Rosa’s office recovers 22 more bikes CPD confiscated from racial justice protesters
Recovery efforts to reunite cyclists with their bikes taken by police at protests this summer slowly continue as alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa's 35th Ward office leads the charge.
September 3, 2020
The pandemic has inspired more Chicagoans to buy e-bikes
E-bike sales have increased alongside sales of traditional bikes during COVID-19. New e-bike owners in Chicago shared their thoughts and experiences.
September 2, 2020
Find good routes with the new Chicago Bike Routes app from CNT’s Paul Esling
The app combines all the routes from CDOT's Chicago Bike Map and the Chicago Reader's Mellow Chicago Bike Map for on-the-go smartphone navigation.
September 1, 2020
CDOT claims the latest wave of Divvy thefts is under control
Alderman Reilly has blamed the theft wave, facilitated by flaws in Divvy's credit card security system, for contributing to a spike in downtown crime.
August 31, 2020
Bolingbrook cross country team member Kaylee Pannek seriously injured in bike crash
Pannek was struck in a crosswalk of an intersection with seven lanes in each direction and no pedestrian islands.
August 31, 2020
