Bike the Drive has quickly become one of the most popular cycling events in Chicago, for the novelty and the views. Here's a short but sweet gallery that hopefully highlights that. more ›

Some aldermen are still asking questions about the legislation now known as the "Children's Safety Zone Ordinance." more ›

For many cyclists, the Chicago Bike Swap is as sure a sign of spring as waiting for baseball tickets to go on sale, putting away the sweaters and garbage trucks roaming the streets to remove the season's dibs markers. more ›

Snow is in the forecast for Friday's Winter Bike to Work Day. more ›

Dick Mell wasn't proposing bicyclists be licensed last week. Let us reiterate. more ›

A proposed ban on texting and using cell phones while bicycling took another step to becoming law yesterday. more ›

The Active Transportation Alliance wants you to give up your car for a day. Given the nearsighted planning of the area's public transit system, is this even possible? more ›

Without sounding excited about this - HELL YEAH!! more ›

The Park District now has concrete numbers to which they can refer when making improvements along the path. more ›

Here's an ambitious plan to connect much of the north and northwest suburbs to make it easier to travel by bicycle. more ›

Among soaring gas prices and looming environmental concerns, a growing number of Chicagoans are walking, biking, and/or taking mass transit to lessen the carbon footprint, reduce spending, and improve health. When maintaining a vehicle costs an estimated $8,000 per year, car owners are considering using mass transit coupled with car-sharing programs like I-GO for weekend getaways or shopping trips. There are an abundance of healthy options to get around town, but the alternatives are not always safe and accessible. more ›

Chicago has been making gains as a bike-friendly city over the past decade, and with Monday's release of the Chicago Department of Transportation's first-ever bike count study, plans for the Windy City as a cycling hub look as if they're about to accelerate. more ›

Now that the snow drifts have all but melted from bike lanes and paths around the city, spring cycling in Chicago is only a few weeks away (fingers crossed), but you can pick up a new ride this weekend at the Active Transportaton Alliance's Chicago Cycle Swap. more ›

With Daylight Savings time now in effect, it's getting darker sooner day by day. Chicago is a town that's easy to travel by bicycle, but it's the law to have a headlight and a rear reflector so that you'll be seen at night. We practice what we preach and use lights. It makes it easier to spot road hazards and keeps drivers honest. more ›

Despite a rainy beginning and a sweltering end, Active Transportation Alliance's Bike to Work Week continues through Friday with bike commuter stations situated throughout the city and a rally in Daley Plaza on Friday. It's too late to sign your company up for the bike-to-work competition, but there's still time to strap on your helmet and enjoy the sun on your way to work tomorrow - and Thursday and Friday. more ›

While grilling out, having a cold one and watching the Blackhawks is on many of our Memorial Day weekend agendas, some 20,000 cyclists will be hitting Lake Shore Drive Sunday morning for the ninth annual Bike the Drive, taking over a 15 mile stretch along LSD for most of the morning. Participants can start their (self-powered) engines beginning at 5:30 a.m., after which cars are verboten until 10:30 a.m. when vehicular traffic is allowed to return. The closures will affect LSD from Hollywood all the way down to 59th St., so plan for detours along that route. Near the event entry points, Jackson Blvd. in Grant Park will also be closed, though drop-offs are allowed between 4 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Congress Circle at Michigan Ave. Bikers can enter north of Randolph or south of Roosevelt - crosswalks to Lakeshore Drive will be blocked at Monroe, Jackson and Balbo. more ›

Bike to Work Week is coming up June 12 through 18. It's a competition among Chicago businesses to see who can get the most employees to bike to work, or part of the way to work, at least once during the week. more ›

• Students involved in the Medill Innocence Project denied allegations made by prosecutors they paid witnesses for testimony relating to Anthony McKinney; the students claim to have only paid transportation costs.
• CTA President Richard Rodriguez commented on last week's miracle stroller story, calling the mother's claim "plausible" and saying the investigation will now turn to the train's operator.
• The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is ditching Chicago in favor of Las Vegas for it's 2012 convention.

Hop on that bike saddle and crank your chain, bike likers. On Saturday, May 30 Chicago cyclists will trek to the Hyde Park Art Center for Chicago Public Radio Presents’ panel discussion, Hubs & Spokes: Threading the Wheels of Chicago’s Bike Culture. The event begins with a free bike ride from five city locations and then converges at the Art Center for a ticketed panel chat about the cycling community’s reclamation of the bike as a respectable, practical mode of everyday transport. more ›

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