Bike the Drive

"If you want to see less car use, then make the proposition that it wouldn’t make sense to leave my neighborhood."

Mayor promises "abundant access to safe active transportation options", residents love biking DLSD largely without motor vehicle traffic

Tricycles, tandems and duet bikes will be ridden by people with special needs, meeting at Butler Field at Monroe Street and DLSD.

Bike the Drive, Active Trans' most important annual fundraiser, is cancelled due to the pandemic, so Chicagoland bike advocates need to step up and help the group fill the revenue gap.

Banishing motor vehicles from Lake Shore Drive brings out a wide demographic of cyclists, including folks who don't feel comfortable pedaling on Chicago's car-centric streets.

Divvy bike-share bicycles were on display at yesterday's Bike the Drive post-ride festival in Grant Park, giving the public its first peek at the blue bikes which just arrived in town on Saturday. I took a spin around the block with Scott Kubly, deputy commissioner at the Chicago Department of Transportation. This was my first time riding a bike manufactured by the BIXI company. They're available in Toronto (where Anne Alt reviewed her experience), Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Montreal, and Boston. The bikes are good-looking, sturdy, and comfortable. They weigh about 45 pounds, which is 20 pounds less than my daily Dutch cargo cycle.