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Chicago Bike Grid Now

Where do we go from here? Chicagoland experts and advocates weigh in on what the election means for sustainable transportation

Plus a discussion of how Project 2025, a right-wing blueprint for the second Trump administration, is likely to negatively impact federal transportation policy.

November 16, 2024

Save Our Lakefront Rally draws huge crowd to Redefine the Drive open house, demanding a people-friendly DLSD layout

The advocates and elected officials who attended and spoke are upset that IDOT and CDOT's current plan simply rebuilds the 8-lane shoreline highway with no transit lanes.

August 9, 2024

Great expectations: Dozens of riders turned out for Bike Jam to support controversial Dickens Greenway

And the old, fear-mongering anti-greenway website Friends of Dickens has been transformed into Friends of the Dickens Greenway.

February 27, 2024

Advocates provide bikes to migrants, request help from CDOT to meet growing demand

Donation organizers say unless funds are freed up from a larger entity, bike distribution to asylum seekers is going to stay in crisis mode indefinitely.

October 2, 2023

Thanks to lobbying by advocates, CDOT boosts the PBL mileage for Lincoln Avenue Streetscape

Granted, CDOT originally only planned to build a single block of bike lanes, but a little over half a mile is still an improvement.

September 18, 2023

Preview what Chicago would be like with a citywide low-stress cycling network on Sunday’s Taste of the Bike Grid ride

The 7.8 side street bike tour takes place this Sunday, August 6, at 9 a.m. leaving from Catalpa (5500 N.) and Campbell (2500 W.) avenues in Lincoln Square.

August 3, 2023

Help support building robust protected bike lanes on Grand Avenue in West Town

This evening, Wednesday, June 28, 5:30 p.m. at Smith Park, 2526 W. Grand Ave., CDOT and Ald. Villegas will host a follow-up meeting on the Grand Avenue Complete Streets project.

June 28, 2023