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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on October 27, 2011 at 4:49pm

Village of Riverdale, "town of 15,000". 

I'll make that clearer. 

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on October 27, 2011 at 6:43pm

I just looked at a map of community areas and see that Riverdale the village and Riverdale the community area adjoin. 

And I read this on the Wikpedia article for Riverdale, Chicago:

"A look at today's landscape shows over half of Riverdale's area is made up of the water reclamation plant, rail yards, land fills and industrial sites."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdale,_Chicago

 

What was your masters project about?

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 28, 2011 at 2:09am

Folks in Pullman are working to build support for a bike route (path or improved road) between Pullman and 130th St., as well as a path along the frontage of the MWRD property on 130th St.  Going west from there is a little tough right now, along Indiana and 127th.  If there are improvements on that westbound route, the Major Taylor Trail isn't far away, and that crosses into the Village of Riverdale, as well as several neighborhoods to the north.  Here's a view of the area.

Going east is even tougher, as 130th St. is relatively narrow and is a major truck route.  I've ridden it on occasion.  It's not for the faint of heart.

I've met folks who live in Riverdale/Chicago who really want to have a rideable route to connect to ANY other Chicago neighborhood.  Unfortunately, there aren't many nearby destinations to ride to.

I also know folks in the Village of Riverdale who would welcome bike friendly improvements.  They're so close to Whistler Woods and the Major Taylor Trail, but there's no good way to get from there to the rest of the town.  The choices are riding Halsted (competing with fast traffic over long bridges) or riding a meandering route through an industrial area (competing with lots of trucks).

When it's built, the Cal Sag Trail will provide an east-west route that will connect with north-south routes, but that's at least a couple of years away.

Travis Kluska said:

Its all good. I have spent a lot of time in the Chicago community of Riverdale and biked around there for research I was doing when I was finishing my masters last year. There is a lot of potential for bicycle infrastructure improvements there. If any place needs to be more bicycle friendly though it is the whole Village of Riverdale/ Chicago community of Riverdale area. Problem is though that there are not all that many places for people to bicycle to for things like commuting to work or running errands. Residents there face the longest commute times in NE IL and for Chicago Community of Riverdale there is something like 89$ expenditure leakage so people are traveling far away for basic goods as well. However, bicycle infrastructure could spur economic development. Especially since the CTA is extending the Red Line to 130th and I-94 by 2016.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 28, 2011 at 2:58am

I ride through Riverside. Wow was it beautiful...and confusing!

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on October 28, 2011 at 4:31am

Riverdale, not Riverside. 

Yes, Riverside is very confusing, even with a map. 

Julie Hochstadter said:

I ride through Riverside. Wow was it beautiful...and confusing!

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 28, 2011 at 4:32am

It helps if you have a good sense of direction.  Beautiful and confusing.  Different world from Riverdale.

Steven Vance said:

Riverdale, not Riverside. 

Yes, Riverside is very confusing, even with a map. 

Julie Hochstadter said:

I ride through Riverside. Wow was it beautiful...and confusing!

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on October 28, 2011 at 8:11am

I dated a girl in Riverdale, they hated me for dating a black girl. They yelled at me " why don't you go with your own kind!"

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