FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Elizabeth Adamczyk Chicago Organizer [email protected] rideofsilence.org/Chicago (773) 370-2038 Ted Villaire Active Transportation Alliance (312) 563-1118 [email protected]   On Wednesday, May 17, the Chicago Ride of Silence will mourn the lives lost while biking and walking during the past year The annual ride will offer a moment of silent reflection at the sites where drivers killed people biking […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Ted Villaire Active Transportation Alliance (312) 563-1118 [email protected]   Press conference alert State legislators are holding a Joint Transportation and Public Safety/Infrastructure Appropriations Subject Matter Committee Hearing on Tues., March 14 at 11 a.m. at the Bilandic building, 160 N. La Salle St., Chicago. Hearing will focus on the successes and challenges of public transit […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   MEDIA CONTACTS: Clare McDermott, Active Transportation Alliance (312) 216-0466 [email protected] Emma Bolech, Fifth Third Bank 312-848-7895 [email protected]   Active Transportation Alliance and Fifth Third Bank team up for 21st annual bike ride on DuSable Lake Shore Drive 20,000+ people on bikes to wrap up summer at one of the nation’s best bike rides CHICAGO, Aug., 8, […]

Chicago is facing a traffic safety crisis. Crashes, serious injuries, and fatalities are on the rise. Vulnerable children and older adults are getting hit and killed while walking or biking just blocks from their home. People living in majority Black and Brown neighborhoods disproportionately bear the burden of these traffic crashes due to the prevalence of supersized streets and high-speed traffic. […]