Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bronzeville

Bronzeville Bikes Rolls on With Its Mission to Encourage South Side Cycling

By John Greenfield | Aug 31, 2015 | 3 Comments

It’s been another productive summer for Bronzeville Bikes, an organization that promotes cycling in the historic South Side neighborhood also known as “The Black Metropolis.” The group hosts neighborhood rides and repair sessions, and runs the Bronzeville Bike Box, a small nonprofit bike shop housed in a recycled shipping container. This summer, they also launched […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike and Ped Facilities on the South Side and in the Loop

By John Greenfield | Oct 29, 2014 | 28 Comments

As the construction season winds down, the Chicago Department of Transportation has been busy building a number of new bikeways and pedestrian facilities. We’ll get you up to speed on these with a few Eye on the Street posts in the near future. CDOT recently striped buffered bike lanes on a .6-mile stretch of Pershing […]

16 Placemaking Events Going on All Around the City This Weekend

By John Greenfield | Aug 15, 2014 | No Comments

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Look no further. Below you’ll find a handy chart of all the fantastic community-building events going on from today through Sunday as part of the Metropolitan Planning Council’s Old Place, New Tricks placemaking competition. The contest inspired residents to energize under-used public spaces like vacant lots, plazas […]

Bronzeville Bikes Promotes New Shop With “Spoketacular” Bike Party

By John Greenfield and Melissa Manak | Aug 8, 2014 | 1 Comment

Bronzeville Bikes hopes to shift neighborhood enthusiasm for cycling to a higher gear, and drum up business for the recently opened Bronzeville Bike Box cycle shop, with the neighborhood’s first-ever “Spoketacular” celebration. The group, which promotes biking with repair sessions, rides, and more, is holding the event on Sunday, August 17, from 2 – 6 […]

Eyes on the Street: More New Buffered Lanes on the South Side

By John Greenfield | Aug 6, 2014 | 16 Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation continues to pump out more bikeways, as part of its effort to build 100 miles of protected and buffered lanes by 2015. Today I took a spin around the South Side to check out new buffered lanes on 75th Street and on Oakwood Boulevard. In conjunction with a street repaving […]

Eyes on the Street: Recent Bike Upgrades in the Loop and on the South Side

By John Greenfield | Jul 31, 2014 | 15 Comments

Chicago Department of Transportation crews are continuing their work this summer, building new bikeways and upgrading existing ones. Yesterday, I took a spin around the Loop and the South Side to check out the latest improvements on Randolph, Harrison, California, 33rd, and King. I started out on Upper Randolph, where CDOT recently upgraded the existing […]

Bronzeville Bike Giveaway Aims to Launch a New Youth Bike Culture

By John Greenfield | May 20, 2014 | 3 Comments

“I thought to myself, what if we could get 500 bicycles on the streets of Bronzeville?” said community activist Angela Ford, discussing the eureka moment that led her to organize this Saturday’s bike giveaway at Wendell Phillips High. “That would help instantly create a culture of cycling.” The event, dubbed the Bronzeville Bike Builder, and […]

CDOT Developing Divvy Relocation Procedures

By Steven Vance | Sep 13, 2013 | 11 Comments

Divvy bike-share continues to expand, Assistant Transportation Commissioner Sean Wiedel said at the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council on Wednesday, and should reach 300 stations by the end of September. As of today there are 222 stations. Wiedel reported that over 7,700 annual members and numerous 24-hour pass users have made almost 325,000 trips and pedaled […]

600 Youth Bike Apprenticeships Help Spread Benefits of Divvy Citywide

By John Greenfield | Aug 20, 2013 | 6 Comments

[This article also ran in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] As I pedaled up to the Bronzeville Community Garden, 51st and Calumet, on a Wednesday afternoon, smooth R&B drifted from a sound system and folks were gathered around a table made of colorfully painted repurposed wood, gazing […]