Rallying the community around the Bloomingdale Trail, a project for open...
[flickr]photo:6819937030[/flickr] Meet Maggie Martinez. She was the final commenter at last night’s final public meeting for the development of the Bloomingdale Trail framework plan*. And what a final...
View ArticleWatch the new commercial for bike messenger championships
Thanks to Brandon Gobel for tipping us to this commercial about Chicagoan Christina Peck prepping for the Cycle Messenger World Championships which will go down at Soldier Field on August 4-5, 2012....
View ArticleA Complete Streets “heads up” for Division Street
[flickr]photo:7000471213[/flickr] Plan drawings show lack of bicycle accommodations. Last year I requested from the city plan drawings for the bridge replacement and road reconstruction at Halsted...
View ArticleBike count projects in Chicago: two short video interviews
[flickr]photo:6880697670[/flickr] Bike counts are getting more attention this year than in previous years. Watch these two short interviews to get a little insight on how. A full story will be...
View ArticleGet Lit campaign to distribute lights to those without is nearing first event
[flickr]photo:7129906955[/flickr] Win this Monkeylectric spoke light by donating to Get Lit by May 30th. The Get Lit-Use Lights At Night campaign, that I run with fundraising and event management...
View ArticleCity, The Chainlink, Bicycle Film Festival team up with Goose Island to...
[flickr]photo:7151283133[/flickr] Flyer for the Bike Chicago PSA Video Contest. Do you remember Terry Bloom? Of course you do. He’s the producer of the Bicycle Film Festival in Chicago and I...
View ArticleHow would you change the expressways in Chicago?
[flickr]photo:2622491435[/flickr] The Bronzeville Gateway that’s hidden or shrouded on its north side by the Stevenson Expresway. Photo by Curtis Locke. The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) asked...
View ArticleVideo captures “Milwaukee morning madness” as cyclists pedal towards Kinzie...
[vimeo]43679233[/vimeo] Brandon Gobel sent us this video showing dozens – I count 27 – of people bicycling southeast on Milwaukee Avenue towards the five-way intersection with Kinzie Street and...
View ArticleMarie Ullrich wants to deliver a feature-length movie about bike messengers
[flickr]photo:7367851438[/flickr] Marie Ullrich on Milwaukee Avenue. It’s annoying to see your job or your city portrayed inaccurately in the media, but as someone who spent years as a Chicago courier...
View ArticleChicagoans make stop signs obsolete at Holstein Park
[flickr]photo:1579104642[/flickr] Photo of the northern entrance to Holstein Park by YoChicago1. The stop sign has become obsolete, at least in the place where I’d expect most people want it, in front...
View ArticleLogan Square designers are attempting to figure out if a crowd can fund a new...
[flickr]photo:7559781940[/flickr] This is the second story of two about the “Designing Chicago” launch party. See “Why do these people love the CTA?“ Greater Good Studio of Logan Square intends to...
View ArticleFatality Tracker: Woman killed after Megabus hits her crossing downtown street
[flickr]photo:584224759[/flickr] A Megabus is seen turning in 2007 at the intersection (Adams and Canal Streets, next to Union Station) of a deadly pedestrian crash last week. Photo by Thunderchild7....
View ArticleChicago’s first pedestrian plan includes great ideas, lacks some information
[flickr]photo:7966249572[/flickr] A press conference was held last Thursday at the southeast corner of Dearborn Street and Madison Street to announce the city’s first pedestrian plan. Present were...
View ArticleDoorings in Chicago and NYC are still a sorry state but one of them is doing...
[flickr]photo:8023428474[/flickr] The decal on a taxi window says “LOOK! For Cyclists”. I don’t report on doorings as often as I report on non-dooring crashes* but I should as it’s something we can...
View ArticleCommunity planning meets technology and the web at Metropolitan Planning...
[flickr]photo:8074665427[/flickr] Ted Nguyen who works for the Orange County Transportation Authority, but was representing himself, said, “My version of E=MC2 is ‘Everybody is a media company times...
View ArticleCDOT cuts ribbon on greenest street in America
[flickr]photo:8095189057[/flickr] Looking east along Cermak Road at the Benito Juarez Community Academy along the “greenest street in America”. Okay, we first need to discuss the hyperbole in the...
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Illinois high-speed rail project hits a milestone at 111 miles per hour
[flickr]photo:5779547634[/flickr] A Lincoln Service Amtrak train passes Joliet, Illinois. Photo by Eric Pancer. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn joined United States Department of Transportation secretary...
View ArticleBicycle Film Festival starts off with a bang on Friday with free viewing
[vimeo]52488872[/vimeo] Watch the video interview on Vimeo, it’s 2 minutes long. We interviewed Terry Bloom the other day at his gym about the Bicycle Film Festival that starts tomorrow, a...
View ArticleTake a ride on the Dearborn Street cycle track
[vimeo]55703927[/vimeo] In case you haven’t been able to bike in the Dearborn Street two-way protected bike lane in the 48 hours it’s been open, here’s a 5 minute ride-through video, in the northbound...
View ArticleDearborn Street’s celebrity status skyrockets
[vimeo]55752870[/vimeo] Active Transportation Alliance posted a 1:50 video showing before and after conditions. The Dearborn Street two-way protected bike lane looks to be the biggest deal,...
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