World Naked Bike Ride – Chicago | Celebrating freedom from oil, and the beauty of people.
This year on June 8th, will be the TENTH ANNUAL WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE CHICAGO. The event details are posted on various social networks. There is no alcohol permitted, and the route is kept secret until the ride. Some participants go naked, and some choose to wear minimal clothing. Bicyclists face vehicles “naked” in the [...]
A Bus with a Facebook Page: LVEJO’s Campaign for Better Public Transportation
Route 31 Bus starting at Cicero travels across the Lawndale and Little Village areas and continues service to Museum Campus in the South Loop, while hitting various points of interest along the way. The travel from West to East was not always an easy one for the residents of Lawndale. That is until 2008 when [...]
Breaking News: Back on Track at Amtrak and Metra
UPDATE: At 12:33 p.m. an Amtrak engine pulled the disabled train off and away from the Clark and 16th St. site of the stall. At 12:45, Metra trains were able to run out north and south on unobstructed tracks. The engine that was originally pulling the Amtrak train was taken away, and a big workhorse [...]
Red Line Riders Must Go ‘Green’ in May
Riders on the CTA Red Line will have to switch to Green Line trains starting May 19 when a section of the so-called Dan Ryan branch of the system will be closed for repairs. The $425 million project will replace and rebuild Red Line tracks from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th/Dan Ryan. The project will take five [...]
Critical Mass Polka Ride
This coming Friday, January 25th, Critical Mass is doing a Polka Ride. Assemble at 5:30 p.m. start riding around 6:00 p.m. but remember that you can’t take a bike on the Brown Line from Albany Park between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. because of Rush Hour restrictions. You can get on before 4 p.m. or [...]
Help design Chicago’s new Bus Rapid Transit stations
The CTA is planning to build new transit stations for proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects on Western and Ashland and in the Loop, and it is inviting public input on the design of the new bus stops. As part of the Chicago Architecture Foundation design competition, and in cooperation with the Active Transportation Alliance, CTA riders and interested [...]
Dearborn Bike Lanes Update at One Month
About one month ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel dedicated the new Dearborn Bike lane. The new lane has a northbound and southbound bike lane, and traffic lights especially for cyclists. How is the new lane working out for winter bikers and others?
Chicago commuters cycle through winter
As the temperature drops and most Chicago residents put away their bikes, the serious cyclists are gearing up for another winter on wheels. Many cyclists in Chicago have chosen to make bicycles their only form of transportation year-round. According to Bike Winter, the winter cycling season is the period between Nov. 1 and April 30. [...]
Support The Chainlink’s Bicycle Website Tune Up Campaign
Support The Chainlink’s Bicycle Website Tune Up Campaign on Vimeo This campaign video was shot by awesome Chainlinkers Dubi Kaufmann and Ronit Bezalel of Ronit Films. Post production by Lucas Seibel. Support The Chainlink’s Bicycle Website Tune Up Campaign from The Chainlink on Vimeo.
Green Ride: Bike Share Program to Create Jobs in Bronzeville
Some expect Chicago’s new bike share program will offer more than 4,000 rental bikes, but 150 jobs, which they say the South Side desperately needs. Blackstone Bicycle Works in Hyde Park will offer internships before the program officially launches in the spring for Chicago youth. It will teach them how to take care of the [...]
Angry About CTA Price Hikes? What Can You Do?
Every year it seems transit riders in the Chicago region get less transit service for our money. Service cuts and fare increases have become a regular tradition, making it more difficult and more expensive to get around. Transit in our region needs to stop moving backwards. Tell your elected leaders it’s time to stop the [...]
Friends of the Major Taylor Trail
Who was Major Taylor? Marshall “Major” Taylor was anAfrican American bicycle racer, civil rights pioneer, and author. Major Taylor was the Michael Jordan of his day. From 1895 to 1910, he was the preeminent force in bicycle racing, the world’s most popular professional sport of that time. Major Taylor was the man to beat. After he [...]
Pilsen: Neighborhood Home to ‘Greenest Street in America’
The Chicago Department of Transportation unveiled the Cermak/Blue Island Sustainable Streetscape on Oct. 9, 2012, which the city says is now “the greenest street in America.” “It’s the kind of thing we want to scale throughout the city,” said Karen Weigert, the chief sustainability officer of Chicago, citing the project’s attention to detail concerning water [...]
Uptown Bikes, Walkers Get Safety Signage
If you ride to work from Uptown, near the intersection of Montrose Avenue and Chicago’s Lakefront Trail, you might see the group of community people, bicyclists and city officials, including Ald. James Cappleman (46th), Bike Uptown and the Chicago Department of Transportation at Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. New signage developed during a year of planning with [...]
Plans for Chicago’s Broadway, Montrose, Sheridan Intersection Looking Good
How do you heal a broken intersection? Streets are undervalued public spaces that if programmed with creativity, can transform dangerous intersections into lively plazas. In Uptown, not everyone lives near a park, but everyone lives on a street. Can you imagine reclaiming the intersection of Broadway, Montrose, and Sheridan (the intersection with the highest crash [...]
Pitchfork Music Festival Adds Free Ridesharing App
How are you getting to Pitchfork this year? The Pitchfork Festival is cutting its greenhouse gas emissions this year by partnering with online ridesharing network Amovens.com to provide festival-goers with an affordable, sustainable transportation alternative. Using Amoven‘s network, you can post and find rides to the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. The idea is to help drivers split the cost [...]
West Town Bikes and Ciclo Urbano Gear Up For Summer
Michael Young is pacing around the shop with a wrench in one hand and a towel in the other. His fingers look as if they were dipped in brown goo, like a fudge ice cream cone, drenched in bicycle grease. As he wipes the sweat from his forehead he leaves a black strip of [...]
Traffic Stats Show Best Drive Times on Fourth of July
Leave early, lose less time in traffic is how the message for the Fourth plays out when traffic statistics are analyzed. See the best times to hit the road on the Fourth. Hit the road bright and early from 7:00a.m. to 9:00 a.m. to skip town, as road speeds will slow throughout the day. For the fireworks, head [...]
