Post image:  On Wednesday, 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly proposed removing the Kinzie St. protected bike lane, Chicago's first protected bike lane and one of the most popular bike routes in the country.  Take action to tell your alderman you support keeping and improving the bike lane on Kinzie, and that you want safer streets for people biking throughout the […]

Post image:  A growing body of research tells us that businesses whose customers arrived by foot or bicycle visited the most often and spent the most money per month. And we've learned that retail sales greatly increase when businesses are located near a protected bike lane. That’s part of the reason that the Six Corners Association has teamed up with […]

Post image:  We’ve recently had some parents and school officials share with us stories about unsafe streets near schools. Unfortunately, the dangerous conditions they describe are all too common.   No sidewalks. Fast moving traffic. Dangerous crossings. Sound familiar?  For too many Illinois children, these are the unacceptable conditions they encounter every day while walking or biking to school. Unsafe streets […]

Post image:  Making a city as vast and diverse as Chicago more walkable is an ongoing battle, and a new report shows there’s much more work to be done. This week Walk Score released an updated list of the most walkable cities in the U.S. and, although Chicago’s score remained stable (74.8), our ranking dropped from fourth to sixth.  Philadelphia […]

Post image:  Do you, or someone you know, want to start cycling in an urban environment, but perhaps you’re unsure where to start? Active Trans is now offering city cycling classes every second Saturday of the month, beginning in May! While there’s no question that Chicago is more bikable than it’s ever been, it’s perfectly natural to have some anxiety […]

Post image:  For the first time ever, Divvy trip data from the entire past year is publicly available, and Divvy has challenged citizens to come up with interesting ways of visually explaining what the trip data has revealed about the way people move about the city. Now it’s time for you and others to vote for which visualization is best […]

Post image:  With April comes spring weather (well, hopefully!) and that means lots of weekend 5- and 10-Ks scheduled on and near the Lakefront Trail. Before you head out for your weekend bike ride or jog by the lake this month, make note of the following weekend events. For regular trail updates, visit our Lakefront Trail Conditions page as well […]

Post image:  I recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with other bicycling advocates at the National Forum on Women & Bicycling and National Bike Summit — a 2-in-1 conference put on by the League of American Bicyclists.  As part of the event, we spent one full day on Capitol Hill visiting congressional offices to discuss upcoming legislation related to funding multimodal transportation and […]