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Victory! The right to bike on the riverwalk is preserved. Now about those “No Biking” signs…
Thanks in part to Streetsblog's advocacy on the issue, Alderman Reilly never followed through on his threat to ban cycling on the promenade, and the city is looking at ways to accommodate biking. Now the no biking signs need to come down.
October 8, 2019
Friday FOIA Fun: More Interesting Info on Ald. Reilly’s Riverwalk Bike Ban
City emails reveal that riverwalk planners made conflicting claims about whether the promenade was designed to be bike friendly or not, and an official referred to John as a "militant biker."
August 2, 2019
Here’s the Director’s Cut of the “Secret History of the Riverwalk Bike Ban” Article
Emails reveal how the threat of a cyclist revolt convinced the city to end the de-facto prohibition. Here's a longer version of John's Reader column with additional quotes from the email trove.
June 28, 2019
Maximizing the Chicago Riverwalk’s Role as a Transportation Route
The Chicago Riverwalk extension, from State Street to Lake Street along the south bank of the waterway, will be a marquee public space and recreation project in the same class as Millennium Park and the Bloomingdale trail and park. And like the Bloomingdale, the riverwalk also has the potential to be a valuable addition to our city’s car-free transportation network.
February 7, 2013