Day 1 of SBC’s Bike Lane Week 2024: Far North Side

StreetsBlog Chicago / by John Greenfield / December 11, 2024

Hey there, Streetsblog readers. After introducing our new Map of 2024 CDOT Bikeway Installations on Monday, I put it to use Tuesday afternoon. I visited our first round of Chicago Department of Transportation projects that have been completed this year, or are currently underway, based on CDOT's Planned Bike Projects spreadsheet.

As was the case with Bike Lane Week last year, my goal is not to pedal the entire length of every route. Instead, I'm trying to get some idea of what the new facility is like.

I planned to attend a Tuesday evening public meeting on Evanston's Chicago Avenue project, which calls for extending the suburb's Chicago Avenue protected bike lane. The hearing took place at Robert Crown Community Center, 1801 Main St. Therefore, I planned Tueday's Bike Lane Week trip to take me from Streetsblog Chicago HQ in Uptown, to the north-of-the-border hearing, and back again. I'll post a writeup the PBL meeting in the near future. Read More Here.