Chicago Bicycle Program

Crews will begin installation of the Milwaukee/North/Damen + Milwaukee Ave near-term improvements the week of 8/28! This pilot project will include improvements for people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving along the Milwaukee Ave corridor, including reducing the posted speed limit to 20mph, Chicago's first dashed bike lane, and numerous 'paint & post' bumpouts. Check out the project flyer for more information, or visit:

http://chicagocompletestreets.org/portfolio/milwaukeenorthdamen-milwaukee-ave-complete-streets-improvements/

The Chicago Bike to Work Rally is this Friday at Daley Plaza, from 7 to 9 a.m. We'll see you there!

And now a message from Rhymefest and Blackstone Bicycle Works
https://youtu.be/cOmkGiEzbe4

Stay In Your Lane Experimental Station's Blackstone Bicycle Works collaborated with Rhymefest and Donda's House on “Stay in Your Lane." We hope you love our video as much as w...

The bike lanes on 26th St (Halsted to King Dr) have been resurfaced and replaced with new markings!!

Glenwood Greenway between Foster and Ridge is underway!

The Wicker Park bike counter is anticipated to be installed at 1237-53 N. Milwaukee Ave later this year. It is currently being built and assembled in order to count the thousands of cyclists that ride on Milwaukee Avenue every day!

Randolph Protected Bike Lane ranked second best new bike lane in the country!!!

http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/americas-best-new-bike-lanes-of-2016

America’s best new bike lanes of 2016 This was the year everything started coming together. Literally.

The Federal Highway Administration is promoting Road Diets!!!

Check out the latest Road Diets Newsletter! We’re introducing a new feature: our Selfie campaign. Become a Road Diet champion today! Read about this and more at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/road_diets/newsletter/fall/

CONSTRUCTION ALERT: Downtown Street Resurfacing Runs Through September - Bike lanes on Dearborn & Clinton will be impacted starting Monday, 9/12.

DEARBORN: Roadway will be resurfaced between Madison and Wacker. The two-way bike lane will remain open throughout most of the construction, but will be closed nightly during active construction the week of 9/19. During overnight closures, people riding north on Dearborn will be directed to ride in the northbound travel lanes, and people riding southbound will be detoured to Clark St, with proper detour signage posted.

CLINTON: One block between Randolph and Lake will be resurfaced. The two-way bike lane will be maintained throughout construction, but at times, this will necessitate a temporary bike lane delineated with signs and cones.

CDOT recommends that people ride slowly through the construction zones as pavement may be rough, and use alternate routes as necessary.

Numerous Department of Water Management (DWM) and private utility projects in the CBD have impacted some of Chicago's most traveled bikeways. We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding while this critical infrastructure work takes place. The good news is that most of these projects are in their final stages and soon three streets will have fresh pavement and new bike lanes to ride. Details of each project are below-

Kinzie Street from Desplaines to Wells: DWM and private utilities are scheduled to finish work in fall 2016, after which this entire stretch will be resurfaced and the protected bike lanes will be reinstalled.

Dearborn Street from Adams to Monroe: Private utility work is scheduled to finish by October, after which this block will be resurfaced and the protected bike lanes will be reinstalled.

Dearborn Street from Madison to Wacker: DWM and private utilities are scheduled to finish work in September, after which this entire stretch will be resurfaced and the protected bike lanes will be reinstalled.

Randolph Street from Clinton to Michigan: DWM and private utilities are scheduled to finish their work by Labor Day, after which the street will be resurfaced and a new westbound protected bike lane will be installed along the north curb. Active construction work on developments between State and Dearborn and between Wells and Franklin will continue into 2017 and delay the installation of the bike lane on these two blocks until after the developments are complete. Temporary signage and pavement markings will be installed on these two blocks.

If you have any questions about these projects please email [email protected].

Bike lanes have been resurfaced and restriped on Halsted from 41st to Archer!

Happy Bike to Work Day! Here's to a relaxing, enjoyable ride on this beautiful Friday!

The Bike to Work Rally is tomorrow (6/17) 7-9am at Daley Plaza. Come get some bike maps and breakfast y'all!