Scooters

It almost makes you think it would make sense for the city to upgrade the bikeway to a physically protected micro-mobility lane.

The department rose to the occasion, installing 899 "inverted U" racks and 20 on-street bike parking corrals.

In contrast, Divvy bike-share ridership has stayed relatively strong during the crisis.

Let's raise a toast to the Leland Slow Street, which has helped make the COVID-19 lockdown a little more bearable for local residents and families.

After the initial euphoria of Saturday's election result wore off, Streetsblog Chicago reached out to local transportation leaders to get their take on what the Biden-Harris administration will mean for sustainable transportation, based on the candidates' platform and statements. We also asked these experts and advocates, as well as our readers, what they'd like to see the federal government do for transportation in the coming years, keeping in mind the current economic headwinds.

While CDOT rolled out the traffic-calmed corridor late in the season, it should be in place until at least December.

Bird, one of Chicago's three vendors along with Lime and Spin, announced a half-off rides program for low-income Chicagoans, veterans, and senior citizens, and other groups. 

The person behind the Chicago Scooters Twitter account recently test-rode the three brands and discussed their findings with Streetsblog.

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.