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Berwyn! Take a virtual bike ride from the channel to the lake, mostly on Berwyn Avenue, thanks to new contraflow lanes east of Clark Street

While this itinerary detours several blocks onto Balmoral Avenue, next year that shouldn't be necessary.

October 5, 2024

Veteran transit advocate Jacky Grimshaw on how to dodge the fiscal cliff, convince people to stop worrying and love eTOD

She gave the keynote speech at Friday's A Big Tent Urbanist Coalition Meetup at the Climate Action Museum.

October 1, 2024

Sorry Block Club, merchants claiming that bike-ped upgrades on Lincoln “could put existing shops out of business” is not a news story

It's not a legitimate subject for investigation, any more-so than the news item, "Merchants say Bigfoot exists."

October 1, 2024

Why don’t we do it in the road? Calming traffic with frenzied music

At the "Save the Hole" guerrilla concert, sustainable transportation prankster Michael Burton and his band Urban Spaceman turned CDOT's traffic circle crater into a mosh pit.

September 29, 2024

CPD says robbery suspects in stolen Jeep may have killed Robert “Bob” Levin, 61, on bike near Fullerton/Ashland in Lincoln Park 

A nearby West Town address found in Levin's Rogers Park apartment indicates he may have chosen Ashland as a direct route from home, although it's a bike-hostile one.

September 27, 2024

Gotta keep ’em separated: What percentage of vehicle operators on Augusta during the PM rush are using the protected lanes?

Even after we found that during non-rush hours, the lanes carried about 60 percent more bike and scooter riders than a skeptic predicted, he still wasn't impressed. But how many people ride in them during rush hours?

September 25, 2024

When it comes to following the basic rules of journalism, Inside Publications’ anti-bike editor is a Roenigk-ade

Ronald Roenigk's articles are often inflammatory and misleading. And even if he knows he got the facts wrong, he may not run a correction.

September 24, 2024