March 1
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Happy Hour

March 15
Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting

March 19
Wheeling Wheelmen St. Patrick's Day Ride

March 22
Chicagoland Healthy Streets Conference

May 28
Bike The Drive

All these events and more, to be shore, on biketraffic.org's Calendar of Events!

In ROLL Film! Borzo and Strauss review "The Bicycle Thief"

February 2006
Dec2005/Jan2006
November 2005
October 2005

Human Toll Compels Drive With Care Initiative
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation is launching its Drive With Care initiative at a time when motor vehicles kill nearly 200 people each year in Northeast Illinois, while they are either riding bicycles or walking. >> More

Where There’s Speed, Death Follows
Drive With Care is a campaign. It is an ambitious effort to change the way most drivers behave. >> More

March Conference First Step in Driving Initiative
The first step Chicagoland Bicycle Federation takes in launching Drive With Care is the March 22 Chicagoland Healthy Streets Conference. >> More

A Long, Healthy Life Cut Short on the Street
The family members of a man in his late 80s mourn the loss of their loved one, recently killed by a truck while bicycling in a Chicago suburb. >> More

Moving Region Toward Healthy Streets
Look at the streets and roads of Northeast Illinois, and what do you see? >> More

Minorities Bear Heaviest Share of Injury, Death
Chicago’s poorest citizens bear the heaviest burden of injury and death resulting from reckless driving.>> More

2005 Annual Appeal Contributors
The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation raised $16,048 with its 2005 year-end fund appeal. Thanks to all those who contributed to the annual fund. >> More

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