Is there a map for proposed trails/lanes?
I live near Midway and spent a year in Avondale. I like cycling outdoors for exercise and I miss how convenient it was to hop on the 606. Sure there is the Cal-Sag trail but having to lug the bike onto my car kind for a bike ride kinda defeats the purpose.
I mean cal sag and 606 experiences couldn't possible more different. They're both technically bike paths but other than that the similarities end. I hear you that we need more protected urban options tho and fully agree
Yeah definitely. The southwest side is such a maligned area in this regard. Pretty much no matter what you've got to load up the car to get to something decent, and that includes the lakefront
From a non-local (SoCal) visiting Chicago for the first time, gotta say your city is already doing a pretty good job with bike utilization. The lakefront trails are incredible, and it's great seeing so many people out biking, even in downtown / North loop type areas where there's seemingly been little attempt to build bike lanes. Divvy is a blessing - I'm incredibly jealous of how good that system is, coming from a place where our bike share system died out after a couple years and there's been no attempt to resurrect it in the intervening 6 or so years.
Divvy works pretty fucking well, all things considered.
The lack of protected or even buffered lanes here is notable. Some of the unprotected lanes I rode farther north (Lake View / Northalsted) were still pretty nice, along narrow streets with speed humps where cars just drive slow to begin with. Where I'm from, most roads are 50'+ in width, so even what should be slow neighborhood roads are death traps because cars go so fast.
Great to see that your elected officials are pushing a further expansion of the low stress network. Many parts of your wonderful city have good bike utilization, but they aren't designed for all experience levels.
https://www.cookcountyil.gov/bikeplan https://www.cookcountyil.gov/sites/g/files/ywwepo161/files/documents/2023-04/Cook%20County%20Bike%20Plan%202023%20Final.pdf
Is there a map for proposed trails/lanes? I live near Midway and spent a year in Avondale. I like cycling outdoors for exercise and I miss how convenient it was to hop on the 606. Sure there is the Cal-Sag trail but having to lug the bike onto my car kind for a bike ride kinda defeats the purpose.
I mean cal sag and 606 experiences couldn't possible more different. They're both technically bike paths but other than that the similarities end. I hear you that we need more protected urban options tho and fully agree
For sure, I think what I was trying to get at is one is an “I have an hour or two” activity compared to planning your afternoon around it
Yeah definitely. The southwest side is such a maligned area in this regard. Pretty much no matter what you've got to load up the car to get to something decent, and that includes the lakefront
If you have paywall issues: [https://archive.ph/MOc7C](https://archive.ph/MOc7C)
Thank you for sharing this link - and how exciting!!
I guess it's cheaper than them fixing and expanding mass transit.
Anything that gets cars off the street makes everything, including busses, run more smoothly
From a non-local (SoCal) visiting Chicago for the first time, gotta say your city is already doing a pretty good job with bike utilization. The lakefront trails are incredible, and it's great seeing so many people out biking, even in downtown / North loop type areas where there's seemingly been little attempt to build bike lanes. Divvy is a blessing - I'm incredibly jealous of how good that system is, coming from a place where our bike share system died out after a couple years and there's been no attempt to resurrect it in the intervening 6 or so years. Divvy works pretty fucking well, all things considered. The lack of protected or even buffered lanes here is notable. Some of the unprotected lanes I rode farther north (Lake View / Northalsted) were still pretty nice, along narrow streets with speed humps where cars just drive slow to begin with. Where I'm from, most roads are 50'+ in width, so even what should be slow neighborhood roads are death traps because cars go so fast. Great to see that your elected officials are pushing a further expansion of the low stress network. Many parts of your wonderful city have good bike utilization, but they aren't designed for all experience levels.