Deportago-Cabrera explained, “There’s a rhythm that goes with . You feel like you’re a part of this organism that is the city. It’s like you’re delivering oxygen to different parts of this body. You’re an insignificant part of it but you’re essential to it.” The job of bike messaging, when...
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Image via Wikipedia Admit it, when you are pedaling away down any Chicago street the bike lanes fade and in your imagination it’s just you and Lance Armstrong leading the peloton. This year, cycling site MapMyRide is offering you a chance to map your ride miles, and times against Lance Armstrong and the riders...
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A bicycle charity organization collects and remakes old and used bikes for the benefit of more than just locals.
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It’s an iconic American image – kids hopping on their two-wheelers and skidding through the streets. But those visions of skinned knees and summer vacations might be in for some tweaking if lawmakers pass a controversial law that would require kids to wear helmets while biking. Illinois lawmakers are currently pondering two child helmet...
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Do some shopping and support Chicagoland’s voice for better biking, walking and transit, all at the same time. Columbia Sportswear and the non-profit Active Transportation Alliance are teaming up to celebrate the opening of Columbia Sportswear’s first Chicago store. For the store’s Grand Opening weekend, from Friday, March 12 – Sunday, March 14, the...
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“Soak up the Chicago sun on a car-free bike ride down world-famous Lake Shore Drive,” urges the Active Transportation Alliance as the registration for Bike the Drive begins. ChicagoTalks is admittedly biased toward bikes; our editors and reporters often join the happy cyclists for Bike the Drive. This signal event allows bike riders to...
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Just in time for the holidays comes “City-Go-Round,” a site that lets you plug in an address or zipcode and get back links, descriptions and even ratings of various apps that track or locate public transportation in your area. The apps are grouped into categories, so finding public transit, biking, walking or driving apps...
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If you don’t ride a bike, you might think this is a trivial issue, but it is critical to making cycling a viable mode of transportation in an urban area. When you want to go into a store or lock your bike for some other reason, sturdy, permanent objects you can lock up to...
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The Active Transportation Alliance is partnering with RTA, CTA, Pace and Metra to encourage people to get around with transit or on bike and on foot, and asking you to consider joining the thousands of people around Chicagoland who will pledge to leave their cars at home for the inaugural Chicagoland Car-Free Day Sept....
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By Joseph White of Neighborhood Sports Chicago Summer and vacation go hand in hand. But for too many kids, “vacation” just means a break from school, because they rarely actually go anywhere. Instead, they spend most of their summer inside the house, or hanging around the neighborhood. But for the last ten years, Andrew...
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