Media Contact: Kyle Whitehead Active Transportation Alliance Managing Director of Public Affairs (312) 216-0473 [email protected]   Chicago, IL, August 28, 2018—Every day in Illinois, an average of five kids are hit by a driver of a motor vehicle within one block of a school, and more are hit beyond the school zones. A bill that helps address this tragic daily […]

Media Contact: Kyle Whitehead Active Transportation Alliance Managing Director of Public Affairs O: (312) 216-0473 [email protected] Legislation promotes the Dutch Reach method of opening car doors to prevent dooring crashes Springfield, Ill: August 15, 2018 — A bill that adds the Dutch Reach method to Illinois’ Rules of the Road manual and adds bike safety questions to the state driver’s […]

  For immediate release   April 10, 2018   Media Contact: Kyle Whitehead Active Transportation Alliance Government Relations Director O: (312) 216-0473 [email protected]     Bike safety bill to reform Illinois’ road manual and driver’s license exam moves forward Legislation promotes the Dutch Reach method of opening car doors to prevent dooring crashes Springfield, Ill: April 10, 2018 — A […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   January 23, 2018   Contact: Clare McDermottActive Transportation Alliance312.216.0466 (o)773.391.7709 (c)[email protected]   Celebrate winter bike commuting in Chicago on Jan. 26, and get ready for MB Bike the Drive (Chicago, IL) — Celebrate Winter Bike to Work Day at Daley Plaza in Chicago’s Loop on Jan. 26 for the 26th annual celebration of cyclists who don’t let […]