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Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club coverage
In reality plenty of people are benefitting from the project. And emails show CDOT agreed with us that Block Club's coverage, which asserted that the road diet is "causing traffic jams" despite the data, was absurd.
May 9, 2022
Failure to create safe cycling conditions on Milwaukee leads to second bike death at Kilbourn
The latest victim was barista Nick Parlingayan, 22, fatally struck Wednesday night by a driver who fled the scene.
May 5, 2022
CDOT replaced Halsted bike lane with sidewalk route. Many advocates aren’t lovin’ it.
There were many negative reactions to the news, including from Better Streets Chicago, which organized a protest over the bike lane removal. The city says more modifications are in the works.
February 16, 2022
People for Bikes is wrong: Chicago isn’t a worse bike city than Jacksonville or Omaha
Yes, Chicago got screwed by People for Bikes' flawed rating system. But we still have lots of work to do need to make cycling as safe, enjoyable, and normalized as it is in truly great cycling cities.
January 27, 2022
Bike lane removal for Amazon turn lane prioritizes driver convenience over cyclist safety
This bikeway downgrade, which will make bike riders less safe, makes a mockery of the city's stated Vision Zero goal of eliminating all serious and fatal crashes.
December 20, 2021
IDOT wants to strip parking for bike lanes. Merchants push back. Both sides are wrong.
IDOT wants to strip parking on a short stretch of Busse Highway in Park Ridge to make way for bike lanes. Residents are pushing back. But a 4-to-3 conversion would be a better strategy.
October 19, 2021
No, the new Montrose bridge over Kennedy doesn’t have bike lanes, isn’t getting them
In reality, people riding bikes on the new Montrose bridge aren't getting their own dedicated lane at all, let alone a protected one.
August 25, 2021
How do you solve a problem like Sheridan Road?
If we're going to convert lanes on Sheridan to make room for sustainable transportation, bus lanes are the most pressing need.
June 17, 2021
The new Bike Lane Uprising app makes it easier than ever to report bikeway obstructions
This week Bike Lane Uprising released a smartphone app, available for Android and iOS devices, for filing bikeway blockage reports.
October 29, 2020
Map: Here are some of the 25-30 miles of new bikeways slated for 2020 installation
What's more, about 15 miles are slated for the South Side, which has a much lower density of bike lanes than the North Side.
June 19, 2020
