Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Portage Park

Six Corners Businesses Welcome More Bikes, Fewer Drive-Throughs

By Steven Vance | Oct 3, 2014 | 6 Comments

Six Corners businesses are hosting a bike ride this evening to raise money for three bike parking corrals, which will provide 36 bike parking spaces in place of three car parking spaces. The Six Corners Bike Committee formed this summer to improve conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians around the business district surrounding the three-way intersection […]

Right-Turning Cement Truck Driver Kills Young Woman on Bike

By John Greenfield | Jul 8, 2014 | 20 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site at Cicero and Belmont. 28-year-old Portage Park resident Barbara “Barbie” Eno was killed on her bicycle last Thursday by a right-turning cement truck driver. That morning, Eno had cycled to the Secretary of State’s office to replace a stolen ID and was returning to her home on the 4800 […]

Bicyclist Dies After Crash at Central and Addison in Portage Park

By John Greenfield | Jul 24, 2013 | 10 Comments

View Larger Map The Central and Addison intersection, from the cyclist’s point of view. A 33-year-old bicyclist died early this morning from injuries sustained in a crash Monday afternoon in the Portage Park neighborhood, according to Officer Jose Estrada from Police News Affairs. The cyclist, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Rafael […]