Results tagged “bicycles”

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.

Maybe you’re tired of feeding parking meters an entire roll of quarters at once. Or you’re sick of Chicago’s mass transit melting down every five minutes, while fares edge higher. Doesn’t sunshine and exercise sound better? Because bicycles aren’t just for kids. Sure, they’re fun. But now more than ever, biking is a convenient transportation option that saves time, money, the environment—perhaps even your sanity.

The CTA is building four new structures to meet increased demand for pedal-powered parking. The Midway stop on the Orange Line, the Sox-35th stop on the Red Line, and the Jefferson Park and Damen stops on the Blue Line will each be home to covered, three-walled bike ports that will house a combined total of 382 bicycles. [S-T]

More hang-ups on Chicago’s bike sharing program: apparently no one can agree on who will be responsible if someone gets hurt.

If you have a hankering to hang out — quite literally — with a few hundred naked like-minded progressives this weekend (and who doesn't) mark your calendar for tomorrow night.

The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation is on a mission to get our butts out of our cars and off the CTA’s new upholstery, and onto a bike seat pronto. They’re teaming up with the City of for the first official Bike to Work Week which aims to open Chicagoans’ minds to becoming full-time bike commuters.