Aug. 10-12
Bicycle Film Festival

Aug. 19-25
CTA Bike to Work Week

Sept. 10
18th annual Boulevard Lakefront Tour, presented by Schwartz Cooper.

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

In ROLL Film! Borzo and Strauss review "Hell on Wheels"

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Teens Thrive as Public Speakers, Bicycling Teachers
Enrique Rosales, 17, stood in front of a mesmerized group of 11-year-old boys at Gage Park Day Camp Chicago’s South Side. >> More

Youth Development Program,
Teens Grow Together
Build & Ride is not only a program to teach teens workplace skills, mechanics and safe cycling, but it also enables the city of Chicago to pass bicycle handling and safety knowledge on to an estimated 16,000 Park District day campers. >> More

PROFILE: The People Behind Build & Ride
Meet some of the people behind Chicagoland Bicycle Federation’s Build & Ride program. >> More

Ride Supports Youth Programs and More
Build & Ride is supported in part by the Dick Herron Memorial Fund, which raised more than $20,000 last year, commencing with an autumn bicycle tour of DePaul and Lincoln Park to mark the first year since Herron’s death in a crash in Libertyville. >> More

A Junior Ambassador Looks Back
Students who are hired as Mayor Daley’s Junior Ambassadors after completing the Build & Ride program gain a different perspective on bicycling. Read an interview with one of the transformed youths, 16-year-old Alberto Bustamente. >> More

City Focuses on Bike Lane Maintenance
Over the last decade, Chicago’s network of bike lanes and marked shared lanes has grown to 114 miles. With this large network of established on-street bikeways, the Chicago Department of Transportation’s focus is changing to take extra care of these existing bikeways. >> More

Grants Fuel Bike Advocacy Efforts
Build & Ride recently received a grant of $5,000 from Ameriquest Mortgage Co. That award is but one of a number of grants recently provided to support Chicagoland Bicycle Federation’s work. >> More

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