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Eyes on the Street: Curb protection on Logan Boulevard makes a scary stretch feel safer
Happily, the portion of this route that passes through the formerly frightening Western Avenue viaduct now feels the most safe, since it has the most concrete protection.
September 6, 2022
CDOT plan to upgrade all “protected” lanes w/ concrete is good. Here’s how to improve it.
CDOT should make sure the concrete protection is easy to see and the lanes are well maintained, and the department should be filling in non-protected gaps in the network.
June 29, 2022
New York City’s plan to bolster bike lanes with concrete could leave Chicago in the dust
New York City has promised to add concrete barriers to their bike lanes that are currently delineated with paint and plastic posts. Chicago should follow.
March 16, 2022
Eyes on the Street: Concrete protected bike lanes on Campbell in North Center
Was putting concrete protection on a low-traffic side street a boondoggle, as some folks have argued, or is this a good project?
July 23, 2021
A CDOT show-and-tell on this year’s new bikeways, and what’s on deck for 2020
Highlights included concrete upgrades, new bike bridges, and ten miles of upcoming South Side bike lanes to compliment the Divvy expansion.
December 5, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Concrete Protection on the Milwaukee and Elston Protected Lanes
The massive amount of bike traffic on Milwaukee nowadays suggests that the extra protection was warranted.
September 24, 2018
