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Ald. Dowell forcing CDOT to tear out portions of already-installed bike lane protection on 18th shows what’s wrong with aldermanic prerogative
An old editor of mine at the Chicago Reader gave me a good writing tip: "Let chronology work for you." With that advice in mind, let me share some info about the 18th Street protected bike lane debacle on the Near South Side, in the order that it's been revealed.
November 21, 2025
Eyes on the street: Taking a spin on the new-and-improved Milwaukee protected bike lanes in River West, with a few constructive criticisms
October 1, 2025
Uptown, girl! Installation of the Uptown Extension protected bike lanes on Clark from Montrose to Winnemac is slated to start today
On Friday, I responded to a recent People for Bikes article alleging that Chicago is the milk carton kid among large U.S. cities who should be creating high-quality, low-stress cycling networks: missing in action.
August 18, 2025
Cycling advocate Juan Dominguez hospitalized after he called out driver blocking protected lane, passenger attacked him with crowbar
Note: This post includes a somewhat graphic image of a head injury.
April 27, 2025
Yet more garbage “journalism” from Inside Publications NIMBY newspapers, this time falsely arguing PBLs are bad for bus riders
Streetsblog Chicago has fact-checked anti-bikeway articles from the local "Not In My Back Yard" neighborhood newspaper chain Inside Publications many, many times. Their publisher / editor Ronald Roenigk should make a donation to us for all the free publicity he's gotten.
April 8, 2025
Ward staff check in with businesses about Uptown Extension protected lane proposal. Residents applaud the idea at Beacon Block Club meeting.
The Chicago Department of Transportation suggested converting a lane of car parking to make room for the shielded bikeways, shorten crossing distances, and calm traffic.
April 2, 2025
Some 100 people turned out for a ride to support CDOT’s proposal to swap parking for protected bike lanes on Clark in Uptown
Based on nameless op-eds in neighborhood news outlets, you might assume Uptown residents are dead-set against the Chicago Department of Transportation's proposal to extend the Clark Street protected bike lanes north into Uptown. I've nicknamed the project the "Uptown Extension."
March 24, 2025
Uptown funk? Some drivers are bummed about CDOT’s proposal to convert parking to PBLs on Clark N. of Montrose. They shouldn’t worry.
Good news: The Chicago Department of Transportation has proposed extending the Graceland Greenway protected bike lanes on Clark Street further north into Uptown to the Andersonville retail district.
March 18, 2025
Watch: Discussing 2024 CDOT bikeway wins, and where there’s room for improvement, at ATA’s Chicago Advocacy Connect event
The Active Transportation Alliance kindly asked Streetsblog Chicago to talk about what we saw last month during our Bike Lane Fest 2024 excursions.
January 22, 2025
