![]() Photo: John GreenfieldĪfterwards, I looked at Belmont Avenue between Campbell and Ashland, which I thought was just going to get non-protected bike lanes, in contrast to the nice recently installed protected bike lanes on Belmont between Campbell and Kimball, which Streetsblog has previously discussed in depth. Curb protection on Roscoe west of Western, looking north. It's only a block long, but it always annoyed me that this stretch didn't have physical protection, while just west of there Campbell Avenue has had nice curb protection for a couple of years. Then I stopped by a new bit of curb-protected bike lane on on Roscoe west of Western. Entrance to the Berteau Greenway from Western, looking west. As you can see in the photo below, drivers aren't respecting the contraflow lane perfectly. You can now bike in both directions on Berteau all the way from Clark, about 10 blocks. ![]() Next I stopped by the Berteau Avenue Neighborhood Greenway a few blocks west of Lincoln Avenue to Western Avenue. New bus-bike lane at the Kimball station, looking east. Since there's currently no camera enforcement of bus and bike lanes in Chicago, many motorists will surely drive and stand in this location whenever it's convenient to do so. The interesting thing about the corridor is that there's now an eastbound bike-bus lane near the Kimball Brown Line station. New bike lanes on Lawrence west of the river, looking west. Photo: John Greenfieldįrom there I rode west on some new non-protected bike lanes on Lawrence west of the river. Photo: John Geenfield The Argyle Greenway intersects with the North Shore Channel Trail. There's an interesting treatment of the south-turning contraflow lane at the Rockwell/Argyle junction. It's a good alternate to the under-construction section of Lawrence that parallels Argyle here, which is worth avoiding. Take a virtual ride below.Īfter that, I swung by a new segment of Neighborhood Greenways on Rockwell and Argle streets that runs from Lawrence Avenue to the North Shore Channel Trail. Photo: John Greenfieldīut when I stopped by today, I was pleased to see that the route has been lengthened by about 50 percent. See how I made the transition to the stretch north of Montrose in the video below. The Leavitt Greenway extension, looking north from its five-lane Montrose/Lincoln. CDOT was supposed to extend the bikeway about a mile further north to Berwyn Avenue, but the last few times I checked, it hadn't happened. The Leavitt Greenway north of Montrose Avenueįor example, I've already thoroughly discussed the Leavitt Street Neighborhood Greenway, a side street route with contraflow ("wrong-way") bike lanes on its one-way-only stretches, between Diversey Boulevard and Montrose Avenue. But, interestingly, I still saw a few things that were previously off my sustainable transportation infrastructure geek radar. So instead of spending an hour on the 'L' taking my bike to a starting point far from SBC's Uptown headquarters, as I did on Day One, Day Two, and Day Three, I pedaled to a few locations on the Mid-North Side. ![]() ![]() The weather was relatively warm today, and I hit the street on the late side after editing Igor Studenkov's insightful piece on the less-than-Swift progress of Yellow Line restoration after last month's crash. My goal is to visit all of the bikeways that Streetsblog hasn't checked out in person yet this year. But during my ramblings today on Day Four of Streetsblog Chicago's Bike Lane Week, I was pleased to find that the Chicago Department of Transportation still has a few cards up its sleeves this year.īelow is SBC's map of 2013 finished and underway projects. After all, we had snow a couple weeks ago, and it's hard to lay down thermoplastic and concrete when it gets cold. I was under the impression that bike lane construction season in Chicago had pretty much wrapped up for 2023. This post is sponsored by the Active Transportation AllianceĬheck out Day Two: Far Southwest Side here.Ĭheck out Day Three: Near Southwest and Near South Side here.Ĭheck out Day Five: Near Northwest Side, Far West Side, Near West Side, Near North Side here
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