Chicago Streets for Cycling Plan 2020

CDOT formally released the Chicago Streets for Cycling Plan 2020! It calls for a 645-mile network of biking facilities to be in place by 2020 to provide a bicycle accommodation within half-mile of every Chicagoan.
Thank you to everyone who submitted comments, came to a meeting, hosted a Community Advisory Meeting, or participated in any fashion. Your comments were invaluable. Check out the report!

http://www.chicagobikes.org/pdf/2012%20Projects/ChicagoStreetsforCycling2020.pdf

http://chicagobikes.org/pdf/2012%20Projects/ChicagoStreetsforCycling2020.pdf

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City to hold public meetings to discuss plans for new chicago bike share programs and launches website for you to suggest bike share locations.

http://www.chicagobikes.org/pdf/bike%20share/Bike%20Share%20Meetings%2010%2016%2012.pdf

Mayor Emanuel adding protected bike lanes in Loop - Chicago Sun-Times Chicago’s newest protected bike lane will run along Dearborn Street in the Loop and will include red lights for bikes. It’s part of a planned bike lane network that Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday said will help Chicago to attract and keep high tech companies and their workers who favor bicycles.

Thanks to everyone who attended the webinars. Here are the recordings of each one:

Webinar #1: http://goo.gl/JZfyy

Webinar #2: http://goo.gl/r5M6C

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Come say hello to CDOT staff and the Streets for Cycling project team at tomorrow's Bike to Work Week rally. The network map will also be on hand if you have any final comments before the final set of changes are made.

One last webinar.....starting in 20 minutes!

http://goo.gl/CQSS9

Streets for Cycling Draft Network Webinar #2 The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be hosting a webinar to discuss the development of the draft network for the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020. The webinar will include a presentation from CDOT about the process, next steps and include a Q&A session.

Webinar to discuss the development of the draft network starts in a about an hour.

http://goo.gl/6JRQc

Streets for Cycling Draft Network Webinar #1 The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be hosting a webinar to discuss the development of the draft network for the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020. The webinar will include a presentation from CDOT about the process, next steps and include a Q&A session.

Open for business!

What is in store at tomorrow's Streets for Cycling Open House at 77 S. Dearborn?

Clowns? Nope.

Fresh vegetables? Nope (though you can stop at one of the many farmers markets tomorrow and bring some)

Maps? YES!

We will have lots of maps of the proposed bicycle network. And we will be there from 10 AM - 4 PM to talk about these maps. What else could you ask for?

That's right, a tour/discussion led by Mike Amsden from TY Lin/CDOT of existing and future bicycling facilities in the Loop. Mike will discuss future plans as well as illustrate the challenges that exist in making this happen.

So stop by for 10 minutes or three hours to talk about how we can all make Chicago the best big city in the world for bicycling.

We've entered the home stretch of the public meetings to discuss the draft network. Tomorrow afternoon, we will be at Douglas Park Cultural and Community Center from 4 pm to 8 pm, with presentations at 4:30 and 6:00.

On Saturday, we will be having an Open House at 77 S. Dearborn from 10 AM - 4 PM. In addition to discussing the network, Mike Amsden will be leading a tour of bicycle facilities, existing and proposed, in the Loop. These tours will be at 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM and last approximately one hour.