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Safe Streets Advocates: 1, NIMBYs: 0. After years of surreal opposition, CDOT finally begins building Dickens Greenway
After [checks watch] 4.5 years of stonewalling by some Lincoln Park residents, yesterday the Chicago Department of Transportation started constructing the bike route.
October 3, 2023
Take a virtual ride on the new Leavitt Street Greenway
The route is partially finished between Diversey Parkway and Montrose Avenue, and it will soon extend to Berwyn Avenue.
September 15, 2023
What’s going on with the Bucktown stretch of the Leavitt Neighborhood Greenway?
Unfortunately the contraflow lanes and shared-lane markings got prematurely sketched, but the real thing is on the way.
August 28, 2023
Here are the new plans for traffic diverters instead of PBLs on the Wood Street Neighborhood Greenway
While the new proposal is a major change from the original protected bike lane plans, installing traffic diverters will go a long way towards making Wood truly bike-friendly.
August 4, 2023
CDOT: Leavitt greenway will be an important new low-stress street connection
On Monday evening, CDOT staff and reps from the 32nd, 40th, and 47th ward offices presented details for the planned Leavitt Street Neighborhood Greenway project.
July 12, 2023
47th Ward: 2-way Leavitt Greenway bike project will start work in a few weeks
There will be a virtual community meeting on the project this Monday, July 10, at 6 p.m., but fortunately the new bikeway is a done deal.
July 7, 2023
The bike lane haters in the Sun-Times aren’t completely wrong
It's a case of someone being so wrong, they're right. It's true that bicycle riders shouldn't be sharing the road with fast traffic –they should get protected bike lanes.
April 4, 2023
43rd Ward hopeful Brian Comer concern trolls Dickens Greenway during debate
Former 43rd Ward chief of staff Erik Wallenius scoffed at Comer's current opposition to the greenway, suggesting it's motivated by politics rather than safety concerns.
March 20, 2023
Diary of a mad man: Lawyer Edward C. Fitzpatrick’s war on the Dickens Greenway
The lawyer says the bikeway would create a deathtrap for pedestrians, and has a theory that city officials, advocates, and Streetsblog have been conspiring behind the scenes to make it happen.
August 18, 2022
The Sunnyside contraflow lane: A little infrastructure that makes a big difference
By allowing people on bikes to legally ride west on the short one-way eastbound segment of Sunnyside next to the park, the lane opens up a new way to bike west from Ashland to the 312 RiverRun.
August 10, 2022
