The Bike Commuter Challenge is a week-long annual event produced by the Active Transportation Alliance.  In 2014, 6,000 participants from 650 Chicagoland companies and organizations — including Groupon and Orbitz — took part in this event that allows workplaces to compete against one another to see who can get the most people biking to work. Participation is easy — you […]

The Bike Commuter Challenge is a week-long annual event produced by the Active Transportation Alliance.  In 2014, 6,000 participants from 650 Chicagoland companies and organizations — including Groupon and Orbitz — took part in this event that allows workplaces to compete against one another to see who can get the most people biking to work. Participation is easy — you […]

Post image:  After years of dealing with speeding traffic and narrow sidewalks, a road diet is coming to south State Street between 69th and 79th streets in Chicago. Sixth Ward Alderman Roderick Sawyer is working with the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) to make the corridor safer for everyone, whether you’re walking, biking or driving. He’s also hoping to bring […]

Post image:  The hits just keep coming for people who ride transit, bike and walk in Illinois. Last week, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan introduced a "mini-capital bill" that would give the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) access to $1.1 billion in bonds for road projects, but nothing for transit or safe biking and walking infrastructure.  Meanwhile, Gov. Rauner continues […]

Post image:  Connecting Chicago to Lansing, Illinois, the Burnham Greenway Trail is a critical route for people walking and biking on the South Side of Chicago and surrounding suburbs in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. But currently there is a 2-mile gap in the trail that forces trail users to navigate unsafe intersections and roads. Closing this gap will create a safe, 11-mile […]

Post image:  If you look around the U.S. for cities where exciting things are happening in public transit, you’ll notice one thing nearly all of them have in common: they’re raising local revenue to gain access to available federal dollars. In 2004, the eight-county Denver metro region passed a ballot initiative to raise the sales tax by 0.4 percent to […]

Post image:  In recognition of National Bike to Work Week, Walk Score has released an updated list of its Bike Score rankings for U.S. cities, with good news for Chicago’s bike boosters. Since 2013, Chicago’s Bike Score has jumped more than any other big city, surging from 61.5 to 70.2, placing us at number six on Walk Score’s national list […]

Post image:  By Randy Neufeld When you’re constantly shelling out for gas taxes, title transfers, registration fees, license fees, tolls, and city stickers, it’s hard not to think that you, literally, own the road.   A new report by the environmental group U.S. PIRG, “Who Pays for Roads?,” tells a very different story. The reality is we’re driving ourselves towards […]

Post image:  New and improved bus service is coming to Jefferson Park and Niles.  Recently members of the public gathered at the Niles Park District Oasis Water Park for to learn more about Pulse, Pace’s new arterial bus rapid transit network (ART). Those who attended had the opportunity to review maps of the route, make comments on the proposed service […]

Post image:  On April 22, the Six Corners Association and Active Transportation Alliance teamed up to host a community meeting at the Filament theater space to discuss ideas for making the Six Corners district more bike and pedestrian friendly. About 30 people showed up to discuss infrastructure, problem points in the current roadway design, and existing and prospective programs to […]