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At Bike Lane Uprising party, La Spata, Giannoulias, and CDOT’s Powe urged activists to keep pushing for safe streets

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. As Christina Whitehouse, founder of Bike Lane Uprising, a civic tech platform for reporting bikeway obstructions, recently told Block Cl...

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...

Friday Video: Why America Hates Bikes (And How to Make It Love Them)

Two of our favorite YouTubers teamed up for a great explainer on the history of anti-bike bias in the United States.

Anyone Can Access Friday’s Headlines

Just putting a bike in someone's hands is the best way to get them to ride one.

Cyclists renew call for bike lanes on Connecticut Ave. in DC

Cycling groups took to the streets of D.C. Wednesday to call for more bike infrastructure along Connecticut Avenue in Northwest — a major commuting route into and out of the Distri...

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...

Big crowd showed up to Chicago Bike PAC’s Campaign Trail Party to root for alders who support Complete Streets

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. Note: Streetsblog Chicago does not endorse political candidates. Chicago Bike PAC is a political action committee that’s raisin...

Florida Neighbors Stage Ribbon Cutting For New Bike Lane

A citizen-led ribbon cutting for a new Miami Beach bike lane drew dozens of neighbors, exposing incompatible priorities from local electeds.

Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes.

The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”

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...

A Vision for Marin’s Future Bike Network

What would it take to turn Marin into a biking paradise?

Keating Law Sponsors and Celebrate the Launch of the Chicago Bike PAC

Keating Law Offices was proud to sponsor Chicago Bike PAC’s kick off event and support its continued work on behalf of Chicago’s bicycling community. As a Chicago personal injury l...

As E-Bike Popularity Grows, So Does the Need for Awareness About Safety and Injury Prevention

Long Beach as the new Amsterdam? Bike lane boom spark cheers, debate in the city

Long Beach has been working toward this vision since it adopted its bicycle master plan 25 years ago, now with mounting urgency as auto-related fatalities rise.

Kansas City Debates Civil Disobedience Against Bike Lane Proliferation

Recently, we noticed frustration from many denizens of this town's feistiest social media group and a call to action and activism. Bike lanes taking over so many Kansas City street...

‘Premeditated Road Violence’: Toronto Protestors Block Bike Lane Removal

Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer w...

Dangerous Kansas City Bike Lanes And Risky Streets Explained

Let's start this post with expert testimony from a local bike advocate who doesn't follow the narrative from 12th & Oak . . . We found this testimony more authentic than most: ...

Why is the Trump administration calling bike lanes ‘DEI’? | Dave Schilling

The government apparently has an issue with paths for cyclists. Take it from someone who can’t ride a bike: this makes no senseI’m out of gas. Not metaphorically. Literally, my car...

Bike Shorts: Open Streets, Griffith Park, Metro Bike Share, and More

New bike lane protection in Griffith Park, Hollywood and Arcadia - and Metro expanding bike-share and funding CicLAvia-type events

Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, September 23

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. • Bike Lane Uprising’s Christina Whitehouse says this has been a “brutal” month for Chicagoland bike, e-scooter, and e-moto riders...

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...

Sen. Simmons on winning $300K for a bike grid plan, with goal to “start building out that grid over the next several yea...

He credited the grassroots group Chicago, Bike Grid Now! with proposing "a roadmap of viable potential connected bike routes that could run throughout the city of Chicago and each...

E-bike workshop held in New Orleans to address rise in popularity and fatalities

E-bikes continue to grow in popularity, but with that rise in popularity comes an increase in accidents. That's why Bike Easy NOLA held a smart e-biking workshop, saying education...

‘Bike lanes save lives’: Cyclists rally against the removal of downtown bike lanes

Dozens of cycling advocates filled the streets of downtown Toronto as part of a ride organized in response to a recent court ruling allowing the Ford government to rip out 19 km o...