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Green Bike Lanes Installed throughout
Chicago
…and speaking of
green....
Be on the lookout for the Chicago’s new green bike lanes.
Seeking to repeat the success of cities like Portland, the City
is testing colored bike lanes at eight locations. They are intended
to alert motorists and bicyclists of conflict areas at intersections
and assign right-of-way to bicyclists, therefore increasing safety.
These eight pilot locations are part of the Chicago Bike 2015 Plan,
which aims to convert 5 percent of all trips under 5 miles to bicycle
by 2015.
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| Green bike lanes are being installed
throughout Chicago this summer. |
All of the colored bike lanes will be installed by July 2007. Here’s
where you can find them —
• Dearborn
Street heading north at Chicago Avenue
• Elston
Avenue heading north and south at Division Street
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Halsted Street heading south at Roosevelt Road
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Lincoln Avenue heading south at Webster Avenue
• Milwaukee
Avenue heading south at Augusta Boulevard
• Roosevelt
Road heading east and west at Damen Avenue
What do you think? Tell us on our blog at www.myspace.com/biketraffic.
Questions? Contact Grant Davis, project manager of the Bicycle Program
at the Chicago Department of Transportation. 312-744-0513 or gdavis@cityofchicago.org.
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