July 10
Working Bikes Cooperative Bicycle Drive
July 12
Free Bike Wash at North Avenue Beach House; Free Bike Tune-Ups at
Millennium Park Bicycle Station
July 13
Club Presidents Council
July 17
Bike Repair For Dummies
July 19
Chicago Bike 2015 Plan Informational Meeting
All these events and more, to be shore, on biketraffic.org's Calendar
of Events!
In ROLL Film! Borzo and Strauss review "The
Muppet Movie."
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Congestion Reigns ...
How exactly has traffic congestion changed in the region since,
say, the early ‘80s? Are we better off today than we were
then? Has the construction of wider, motorist-friendly arterials
helped stem the tide? >> More
Next Metra Stop: Friendlytown!
I attended a recent press conference at the Northwestern Metra Station,
where we celebrated the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation’s victory
in the long campaign to overturn Metra’s ill-advised ban on
bikes. I wasn’t one of the scheduled speakers; nevertheless,
I was hunted, caught and brought down by Susan Carlson, the traffic
reporter from CBS Channel 2 News. >>
More
Health and Safety En Route to School
The city of Chicago is taking a new approach to teaching children
about the merits of non-motorized modes of transportation. Mayor
Daley’s Safe Routes Ambassadors, a program of the Chicago
Department of Transportation, promotes a healthy and active lifestyle
while having fun and being safe. >>
More
Suburb's Streets Resound Briefly with Laughter,
Joy
Call it a taste of Bike The Drive. On May 26, 180 students from
Veteran’s Memorial Middle School got on bicycles and took
over Blue Island’s streets for two hours as part of the school’s
Bike Week and the School District 130 Safe Routes to School program.
>> More
What About Boub?
In spite of our best efforts, we’re having a tough time getting
rid of the 1998 Boub court decision that threw Illinois liability
law out of sync with other states, creating a disincentive to local
governments for bike lanes and routes. >>
More
Get Off the Phone!
Chicago cyclists are hopeful that an ordinance banning motorists
from using hand-held cell phones will make city streets safer once
it takes effect July 8. >> More
Chicago Now Designated: ‘Bicycle Friendly’
It’s official. Chicago is a “Bicycle-Friendly Community,”
according to the League of American Bicyclists, which awarded the
first-time honor to Mayor Richard M. Daley at the June 17 Chicago
Bike to Work Rally. >> More
PROFILE: Luann Hamilton
With a bachelor’s degree in geography from DePaul University
and a master’s in geography (with an emphasis in urban studies)
from Penn State University, plus 20 years’ experience at the
Chicago Department of Transportation, Luann Hamilton is well-qualified
to be deputy commissioner of CDOT’s newly-created Division
of Project Development. >> More
Sea of Bicyclists Fills Lake Shore Drive
Nearly 18,000 cyclists who poured onto Chicago’s Lake Shore
Drive for the May 29th Bike The Drive, the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation’s
biggest fundraising event. >> More
Meet the Ambassadors
The 2005 line-up for Mayor Daley’s Bicycling Ambassadors hit
the streets last month,beginning their six-month odyssey of enlightening
Chicagoans about bike transportation, safety and road-sharing. >>
More
Summer Fun With Bank One
There’s no shortage of free entertainment this summer, if
you ride a bike. >> More
Chicagoland Bicycle Federation Wins Anti-Obesity
Grant
The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago's Children awarded $12,500
to the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation for Go Healthy!, an individualized
travel-marketing program modeled after TravelSmart.
>> More
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