Here’s where CDOT could pilot real protected intersections to keep cyclists safe
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Local transportation engineers need to stop reinventing the wheel and just copy protected bikeway designs that work well elsewhere.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about protected bike lanes
New York City’s plan to bolster bike lanes with concrete could leave Chicago in the dust
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New York City has promised to add concrete barriers to their bike lanes that are currently delineated with paint and plastic posts. Chicago should follow.
Banning parking as a public safety strategy? Use the space for walking, biking, or dining
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Rather than asking, "How will our customers be able to drive here?" merchants should ask, "How can we make it easier for customers to get here?"
How have biking conditions been in Latine communities this winter?
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If they are not cleared, these bikeways that are supposed to help us ride safely instead wind up constraining our mobility.
¿Cómo están las condiciones de las ciclovías en las comunidades latinas?
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Si no limpian, estas ciclovías que nos deben ayudar a andar con seguridad terminan con restringiendo nuestra movilidad.
Who should we really be building bikeways for?
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A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.
Better Streets Chicago launches email campaign asking officials to fix the Clark Street bike lanes
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Better Streets Chicago launched an email campaign advocating for increased enforcement and design changes for the Edgewater Clark St. bike lane.
Here are the proposed walk/bike upgrades to Chicago Avenue in Evanston
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The second public meeting for potential multi-modal changes on Chicago Avenue in Evanston included renderings of proposed changes.
Long-awaited post installation will hopefully bring order to the chaos on Clark Street
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Assuming the bike lanes start functioning as intended, and more people start cycling in them, bringing additional potential customers to the corridor, that should help reassure some of the merchants.
Eyes on the street: New paint-and-post bike lanes on Logan east of Western
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As is often the case when new parking-protected lanes are installed, things are kind of a mess right now, with lots of cars parked in the bike lane.
Take a virtual bike ride on the new Logan Boulevard bike lanes near Western Avenue
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Adding painted Jersey walls to the new Logan lanes would offer real, physical protection for cyclists. That would be an even better tribute to the people who died while biking there.