Plenty of Good Chicago Bikeway Projects Will Be Built in 2018
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The list includes several miles of neighborhood greenways
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Neighborhood Greenways
Work Has Started on the Leland Avenue Greenway in Uptown
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After several years of delay and significant design changes, CDOT has finally started work on the Uptown bikeway.
Get Ready for Chicago’s Next Great Greenways on Roscoe and School/Aldine
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These streets are already nice places to ride, but street markings, wayfinding signs, and traffic calming will make them even better.
CDOT Has Been Busy Installing Bikeways This Spring
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It’s prime time for laying thermoplastic pavement markings, so the Chicago Department of Transportation has been hustling to install new bike lanes and Neighborhood Greenways.
More Support Needed to Save Manor Avenue Traffic Diverter Test
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The Chicago Department of Transportation’s proposal for a neighborhood greenway on Manor Avenue is endorsed by 33rd Ward alder Deb Mell and the ward’s Transportation Action Committee (I am a member of the TAC). But the initiative is facing fierce opposition from some Ravenswood Manor neighbors who object to plans for traffic diverters at Manor and […]
Meeting to Discuss Manor Greenway Amidst Opposition Set for Thursday
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The 33rd Ward is holding the monthly meeting of its Transportation Action Committee on Thursday to discuss the Manor Greenway, a proposal from the Chicago Department of Transportation to connect two multi-use park paths via an on-street route on Manor Greenway. Jeff Sobczyk, assistant to Alder Deb Mell, said in the meeting announcement that the […]
Manor Greenway Could Become City’s Best By Cutting Cut-Through Motorists
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Last week, the Chicago Department of Transportation revealed its proposal to connect riverfront paths, reduce cut through traffic, and make it safer to walk and bike along streets in the Ravenswood Manor neighborhood. CDOT developed the plan for a “neighborhood greenway” between Horner Park and Ronan Park along the north branch of the Chicago River […]
Here’s How the Wood Street Greenway Could Better Prioritize Bicycling
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Over the past few years the city has built a handful of “neighborhood greenways,” projects that involve small changes to side streets that can have a big impact in making them more bikeable, while connecting residential areas to the wider network of bike lanes. If the Chicago Department of Transportation picks up the pace on building these bikeways, […]
Rotterdam’s Boulevards Demonstrate How to Make Chicago’s Bike-Friendly
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I’ve discovered few similarities between the city of Rotterdam, where I’ve been living for seven weeks, and Chicago. The most striking similarity is the nearly identical layout of the boulevard streets. While biking from my apartment in Rotterdam towards the cool neighborhood of Witte de With, I realized that as I was cycling on the side […]
Active Trans: Rahm Should Aim for 100 Miles of Bike Lanes Again, Not 50
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Last week at a press event celebrating the installation of 103 miles of buffered and protected bike lanes, Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised to build 50 miles of new bike lanes, including PBLs, over the next four years. The Active Transportation Alliance’s new “Bikeways for All” campaign, launched on Monday, urges the mayor to double that goal. In […]
Roger That! Low-Stress, North-South Bike Route Planned for Rogers Park
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The Chicago Department of Transportation recently held a public meeting about their clever proposal to install a contra-flow bike lane on Glenwood, between Ridge and Carmen, in Edgewater. More quietly, CDOT and the 49th Ward have been moving forward with an equally promising plan for a neighborhood greenway on Glenwood and and Greenview in Rogers […]