Post image: The neighborhood greenway movement in Chicago is picking up steam.   The latest proposal for modifying a street so it’s safer for people walking and biking is targeted for the Ravenswood Manor neighborhood on Manor St. between Montrose Ave. and Lawrence Ave.  This is great news for the people biking and walking who use this half-mile stretch of Manor […]

Pop-up demonstrations of complete streets projects are temporary street treatments that provide community members with a tangible visualization of how walking, bicycling, and public transit facilities can create safer, more engaging streets. Suburban Cook County municipalities hosted pop-up events in the summer and early fall of 2016. Here’s a collection of videos that showcase five of those events: Here’s a […]

Post image:  I had all sorts of adventures on bicycles as a kid. We had unfiltered, unsupervised and unrestricted fun.   In the 70’s, we popped wheelies, we rode with no hands and rode far from home only to reverse course immediately when the streetlights came on.   Fast forward, family priorities changed and there just aren’t as many children’s […]

Post image:  Protected bike lanes (PBLs) are for more than just Chicago and directly-adjacent suburbs. Aurora, welcome to the (growing) club! On May 13, the City of Aurora officially opened a half-mile of curb-protected PBLs on River St.   The new bikeway serves those biking for transportation and closes the last major gap in the 60+ mile Fox River Trail […]

Post image:  Active Transportation Alliance is celebrating Chicago’s commitment to bicycling with the 25th annual Chicago Bike Week during June 10-17.  Residents cruising around the city on two wheels will have the opportunity to take part in a handful of free events as part of Bike Week, including the Bike Commuter Challenge. Our annual commuter biking competition encourages workers throughout […]

Post image:  This past weekend, the Chicago Park District officially broke ground on the Big Marsh bike park, which has been in the works for several years. This unique project will transform 40 acres of former industrial land into a place for area residents to enjoy open space and recreation on Chicago’s Far South Side. Construction is anticipated to be […]

                        The Chicago Bike Week rally has been rescheduled for July 18 — see below.  Looking for a great excuse to get your butt on a bicycle? The 27th annual Chicago Bike Week taking place June 21-29 provides the perfect opportunity. The event is presented by Freeman Kevenides Law […]

Post image:  This week the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) launched a prepaid bus boarding pilot program at the Belmont Blue Line station – a big step for an agency trying to improve local bus service. Customers boarding westbound #77 Belmont buses during the evening rush no longer have to wait to pay fares as they board. Instead, CTA says they can […]

Post image:  The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) released its new six-year, $11.2 billion spending plan, and it’s sadly lacking in projects that benefit people who walk, bike and ride public transit. Like previous iterations, the 2017-2022 plan is full of projects designed to move as many cars as possible as fast as possible along Illinois’ roadways, in addition to routine maintenance of […]

Post image:  Last week, the Chicago Tribune published an article about how more people walking are getting killed by drivers in Chicagoland.  While we were glad to see the coverage of this terrible development, we thought the article failed to make important distinctions. In particular, readers need to know that the greatest danger in a crash lies with drivers. And likewise, the fault […]