protected bike lanes
Despite merchants’ fears, data suggests extending Evanston’s Chicago Ave. protected lane south to Howard will make the corridor safer and more prosperous
Is half a bialy better than none? Lincolnwood approves Pratt bike lanes, without planned concrete protection that could save lives
NIMBYs win: Ald. Knudsen, CDOT have removed Dickens Greenway plaza, enabling dangerous cut-through driving in Lincoln Park again
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?
The Sun-Times letter “Bike safety isn’t a one-way street. Don’t put it all on drivers,” annotated
What happened when Streetsblog Chicago accepted a protected bike lane skeptic’s challenge to count vehicles on Augusta Boulevard?
If less than 3% of vehicle operators on the corridor rode bikes or scooters, I would tweet that out. If 3% or more did, A.J. Manaseer would donate $1,000 to bike education programs.
So far, the Complete Streets upgrades on 24th in Little Village are going swimmingly, in a bad way
The new protected bike lanes at 24th and Marshall boulevards are prone to flooding. And cycling advocates say the protection doesn't cover enough of 24th.
Ald. La Spata and staff discussed Milwaukee PBLs extension, Vision Zero efforts, at 1st Ward meeting
They also talked about the local Participatory Budgeting election, and other efforts to create safer streets on the Near Northwest Side.
This is Grand! CDOT cuts ribbon on new protected bike lanes on a key West Side diagonal street
The project also has lots of other nifty Complete Streets features, like raised crosswalks, bus islands, and the conversion of a dangerous slip lane to a new plaza.
