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  • Sen. Simmons on winning $300K for a bike grid plan, with goal to “start building out that grid over the next several yea
  • SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26: Mid North Side, including Irving Park, Avondale, North Center, and Lincoln Park
  • It’s time for Streetsblog Chicago’s Bike Lane Fest 2025-26

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

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...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 day ago

SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26: Mid North Side, including Irving Park, Avondale, North Center, and Lincoln Park

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Greetings Streetsblog Chicago followers. Once again, we had wonderful weather in the Windy City today, so this afte...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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 day ago

SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26: Far Northwest Side, including Albany Park, Forest Glen, and North Park

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. Howdy, Streetsblog Chicago readers. I realize it’s been a few weeks since our last SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26 post, but the weather has...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26: Far South Side, including Roseland, Pullman, South Chicago, South Shore, and Greater Grand C...

This post is sponsored by Find The Right Bike. As I discussed in the intro to Streetsblog Chicago’s 2025-26 Bike Lane Fest series, a quick glance at our map of recently installe...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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

Victory! Expansion of Smart Streets program for citywide, permanent camera enforcement of bus/bike lanes and bus stops i...

This post is sponsored by Ride Illinois. Last Friday, the Chicago City Council’s Traffic Safety Committee unanimously voted to expand the Smart Streets Pilot Program’s, camera e...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

SBC Bike Lane Fest 2025-26: Far North Side, including Lincoln Square, West Ridge, Rogers Park, Edgewater, and Uptown

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. Greetings Streetsblog Chicago readers. I hope you’ve been staying comfortable during today’s gloomy downpour in the...

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la.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Bike Shorts: Pasadena CicLAvia Map, Griffith Park, Imperial Hwy and Hollywood Blvd

Map released for November CicLAvia - Pasadena. New bike lane barrier protection on Imperial Highway and in Griffith Park. Bike/walk upgrades planned for East Hollywood.

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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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gothamist.com /4 weeks ago

City mulls bike lane for Grand Central Terminal's elevated street loop

The elevated roadway that snakes around the busy train hub could become a nifty new connection for cyclists under a plan presented to the Public Design Commission this week. [ more...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 days ago

Take it to the bridge! Car-free Cortland span activated by live bands during Bike Grid’s “The People’s Bridge” happening

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. “Like a bridge over troubled waterI will ease your mind” – “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel, 1970 Thanks...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Today’s Headlines for Friday, September 18

• Thursday around 6 PM “Multiple Metra train lines impacted by police investigation on Chicago’s NW side” near Grand/Cicero (NBC) • CPD: Hit-and-run SUV driver injured man, 74,...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month ago

Take a virtual walk on the Winnslie Parkway Expansion, and ride on the Ravenswood Avenue Greenway

This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation Alliance. A recent street remix along Metra’s Union Pacific Line on Ravenswood Avenue (1800 W.), in the eponymous neighborhoo...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

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...

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 weeks ago

View from the wheel: Dedicated bus lanes on DuSable Lake Shore Drive matter more than you think

Bus networks do not survive on in-service routes alone

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la.streetsblog.org /1 month 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

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...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, September 29

Sponsored by: • “Chicago City Council expected to vote on parking meter lease sale.” Ald. Waguespack (32), a voice of reason during original meter sale, says this wo...

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chi.streetsblog.org /3 weeks ago

Here’s what transit experts and advocates have say about the plan for a northbound bus-only lane on Michigan Avenue

This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices. Even if longtime SBC readers haven’t been paying attention to our social media accounts lately, they probably guessed that I’m pre...

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chi.streetsblog.org /4 weeks ago

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...

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la.urbanize.city /1 month ago

City of L.A. begins work on new protected bike lanes in Chinatown

City of L.A. begins work on new protected bike lanes in Chinatown Steven Sharp Mon, 09/14/2026 - 06:05 With a groundbreaking ceremony on September 11, it's official...

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chi.streetsblog.org /6 days ago

Today’s Headlines for Friday, October 16

Sponsored by: • “Chicago police seek 3 who attacked CTA Red Line passenger, 65, at Clark/Division Station, dragged them off train, sprayed their mouth with paint” (C...

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chi.streetsblog.org /1 month 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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