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Driver fatally struck Jan Kopec, 83, on his bike in Archer Heights
With his passing, our city has already seen six on-street bike fatalities this year, two more than in all of 2019.
August 24, 2020
Turning Driver Killed Cyclist Lisa Schalk, 50, Near Midway Airport
Schalk was the fourth cyclist fatally struck on Chicago streets this year.
November 2, 2017
Archer Avenue Motorists Upset They Can’t Drive as Fast as They Want
Some motorists are complaining about a new speed camera along the busy 3200 block of Archer Avenue in McKinley Park. The accusations of a "speed trap" focus on the camera's location, which is not immediately adjacent to the small park that, under Chicago's "safety zones" rules, justifies the camera's placement. But the camera is located in a part of Chicago where speeding is endemic and crashes are frequent.
September 12, 2014
Man Dies 3 Days After Bike-Truck Crash in Archer Heights
The crash site, looking northeast on Archer.
August 11, 2014
Eyes on the Street: New Bikeways on State Street and Archer Avenue
To borrow from a famous song, on State Street, that great street, I just gotta say, they’ve done something they haven’t done yet on (Chicago’s) Broadway. They’ve installed nearly perfect Windy City-style protected bike lanes.
October 24, 2013
An Update on CDOT’s Bikeway Construction
We’re currently in the midst of a bike lane building boom. Earlier this year the Chicago Department of Transportation completed groundbreaking protected lanes on Milwaukee from Kinzie to Elston, which involved removing about 50 percent of the parking spaces. Buffered lanes were striped on Wells from Chicago to North. Recently CDOT completed buffered lanes on a two-mile stretch of Madison between Pulaski and Central, and this week the department began or continued installation of the following 11 miles of bikeways:
August 30, 2013