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Bicycling

Gaining momentum: ATA discusses its campaigns to fight car-dependency

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Bike lanes are coming to Belmont in Lakeview, but not all the way to the lakefront

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Ordinance introduced to allow towing bikeway blockers, speed cam vote gets deferred

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Concrete-protected lanes are coming to Clark St. from Irving to Montrose, maybe further

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Columbus Park road diet improves safety, CDOT staffers ridicule Block Club coverage

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Failure to create safe cycling conditions on Milwaukee leads to second bike death at Kilbourn

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CDOT replaced Halsted bike lane with sidewalk route. Many advocates aren’t lovin’ it.

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Beyond Chicagoland

People for Bikes is wrong: Chicago isn’t a worse bike city than Jacksonville or Omaha

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Bike lane removal for Amazon turn lane prioritizes driver convenience over cyclist safety

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IDOT wants to strip parking for bike lanes. Merchants push back. Both sides are wrong.

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