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  • Is the Wellington Greenway a victory for cyclists, and a Waterloo for bikeway foes with a Napoleon Complex?
  • It’s time for Streetsblog Chicago’s Bike Lane Fest 2025-26
  • Many locals say People for Bikes rating Chicago as tied for worst was wrong. But what *should* we do to improve cycling?

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 days ago

Is the Wellington Greenway a victory for cyclists, and a Waterloo for bikeway foes with a Napoleon Complex?

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. Check out the intro to Streetsblog Chicago Bike Lane Fest 2025-26 here. As a result of the Chicago Department of Transportation...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

It’s time for Streetsblog Chicago’s Bike Lane Fest 2025-26

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Howdy, Streetsblog Chicago readers. I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya at length about our city’s ex...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Many locals say People for Bikes rating Chicago as tied for worst was wrong. But what *should* we do to improve cycling?

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Check out People For Bikes’ 2026 City Ratings report here. Check out their 2026 ratings for Chicago here. As...

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chi.streetsblog.org /23 hours ago

Sweatin’ with the alders: As Bike the Drive highlights the perks of a less car-centric shoreline, Ald. Vasquez and Ald....

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. The Active Transportation Alliance’s annual Bike the Drive, which opens all eight lanes of Chicago’s DuSable Lake Shore Drive for car-fr...

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 weeks ago

Dozens braved the rain to learn what Chicago, Bike Grid Now! has done in the past year, and their goals for 2027

This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. Last Wednesday evening, rainy weather didn’t stop dozens of people, many of them on bikes, from showing up to the annual Chicago, Bike...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Efforts to reconnect the West Side and fix Blue Line slow zones discussed at Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. The Chicago Department of Transportation held its third quarterly Chicago Mobility Collaborative meeting yesterday...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 week ago

Today’s Headlines for Friday, August 28

Sponsored by: • Person on foot killed in hit-and-run crash along Dan Ryan Expressway (WGN) • “Man charged with setting woman on fire on CTA Blue Line, not in court fo...

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chi.streetsblog.org /7 hours ago

Thursday’s Chicago Bike PAC Campaign Trail Party will be a who’s who of bicycle-friendly politicians and organizations

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Chicago BikePAC, a political action committee with the goal of electing politicians who support better bike infrast...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 29

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • “Drivers Have Run Over, Flipped Off And Cursed Out Chicago’s Traffic Aides For Doing Their Jobs” (Block Club) • “A 19th Ward...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Bike lanes should always use protection. But officials say they usually shouldn’t go both ways.

This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. Chicago’s bidirectional protected bike lane on Dearborn Street downtown has stood the test of time. It debuted almost 14 years ago as...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 30

Sponsored by: • New Wall Street Journal article on the debate over the Archer Avenue traffic safety project. (Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook) • The plaza outside the...

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chi.streetsblog.org /6 days ago

Illinois already killed parking mandates. Chicago should finish the job.

The hard part is done, don't make it harder.

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chi.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 26

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • “Editorial: Chicago has dreamed of an O’Hare express for decades. This one deserves a shot.” (Crain’s) • “This proposed shutt...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 24

• “Extensive Metra delays after UPNW train strikes car on Northwest Side, Metra says”, driver hospitalized (ABC) • The City is using reportedly using geofencing on Sheridan Road...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

How Omari Bektemba’s campaign for a more people-friendly Fullerton inspired him to run for 35th Ward alderperson

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. I”ve been acquainted with Omari Bektemba, 32, a senior project manager at a local affordable housing nonprofit, through the Chicag...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Thursday, July 16

Sponsored by: • “Council OKs $424 Million In Public Funds For Parking And More Near New Fire Stadium” (Block Club) • “After 4 Deaths At Norwood Park Metra Crossin...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, August 4

Sponsored by: • “New Divvy bike stations installed along Lake Michigan as ridership hits records” (NBC) • In West Town, a neighborhood where residents (and suburb...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Chicago is using geofencing to keep e-scooter riders from injuring pedestrians on Sheridan Road. What are we doing to pr...

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. New geofencing on Sheridan in the 48th Ward In late July, I heard about plans to prevent people from riding rental electric mic...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 20

Sponsored by: • “A [bus and] bike lane ticketing program meant to make busy downtown streets safer… has found package delivery giants are among its most consistent scoff...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 15

• Here's Steven Vance's letter to Ald. Bill Conway (34) asking him to defer the Finance Committee’s vote to fund a huge parking garage on The 78 with no transit investments.

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Moving Archer Forward plan calls for improving safety and stations, plus eTOD, but no specific redesign of Archer Avenue

This post is sponsored by Boulevard Bikes. Reporting on the Moving Archer Forward meeting is by Ellen Steinke, and discussion of the Archer traffic safety project is by John Gre...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

You can still help shape DuSable Lake Shore Drive’s future. Here are two ways to weigh in.

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. Chicagoans have two immediate opportunities to weigh in on the future of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive, including a July 31 deadline fo...

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la.streetsblog.org /2 weeks ago

Eyes on the Street: Spring/Alameda Bikeway Construction

LADOT is adding a 1.2-mile of new protected bike lanes, connecting cyclists to Union Station and L.A. State Historic Park

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Who gave mayoral hopeful Susana Mendoza the idea to trash the Archer protected lanes on WBEZ?

Let's wrangle over that question for a spell.

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