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Long-awaited post installation will hopefully bring order to the chaos on Clark Street
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.
October 26, 2021
Eyes on the street: New paint-and-post bike lanes on Logan east of Western
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.
October 6, 2021
Take a virtual bike ride on the new Logan Boulevard bike lanes near Western Avenue
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.
October 4, 2021
Road diet, bike lanes finally implemented near deadly Logan/Western intersection
Riding on Logan all the way from the east side of Milwaukee Avenue to Western Avenue in relative safety is "a truly liberating experience."
October 3, 2021
Map: Here’s where CDOT has installed, or is currently building, bikeways this year.
The Active Transportation Alliance has called out the lack of connectivity and the dearth of protected bike lanes in the city's plan.
September 23, 2021
Who’s protecting and maintaining Chicago’s protected bike lanes?
Sadly, it seems that many bike lane obstructions are still going unaddressed, which can put people on bikes in danger.
September 22, 2021
CDOT announces major bikeway push, still no plans for a cohesive protected network
Obstruction from aldermen, plus an emphasis on quantity over quality, means this plan isn't going to result in the cohesive, citywide protected bikeway network we need.
September 22, 2021
Clark bike lanes in Edgewater are coming along, but not without their issues
The half-finished, inconsistent design, which slaloms between three different layout, is creating lots of confusion.
September 10, 2021
SUV driver critically injured Little Village activist, transportation advocate Chris Didato
The case lays bare just how much farther we have to go to achieve Didato's goal of a better city for walking and biking.
September 2, 2021
After 2 cyclist deaths, Logan/Western is finally getting road diet, protected lanes
It's great that these needed improvements are coming to Logan/Western at last, but tragic that they weren't done before two young men lost their lives.
September 1, 2021
